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ciao
exclamation
[ tʃaʊ ]
• used as a greeting at meeting or parting.
• "see you later—ciao!"
Origin:
Italian, dialect alteration of schiavo ‘(I am your) slave’, from medieval Latin sclavus ‘slave’.