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meow — (n.) representation of cat sound, 1842, earlier miaow, miau, meaw (1630s). Of imitative origin, Cf. Fr. miaou, Ger. miauen, Persian maw, Japanese nya nya, Arabic nau nau, and Joyce s mrkgnao. In Chinese, miau means cat. As a verb by 1630s, meaw,… … Etymology dictionary