Jerónimo
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Portuguese
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Jeronimo, from Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Je‧ró‧ni‧mo
Proper noun
Jerónimo m (plural Jerónimos) (European Portuguese spelling)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hieronymus, Jerome
Spanish
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish , from Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̔ερώνυμος (Hīerṓnumos), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jerónimo m
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Jerome