Pagan
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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (“rustic, rural”).
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Pagan
- A male given name from Latin.
- (uncommon) A female given name.
- 2011 April 19, Michael Arditti, Pagan and Her Parents, Arcadia Books, →ISBN:
- 'I've always believed that one of the reasons she never named Pagan's father was to spare her a similar pain.' 'You don't know who he is?' 'No. And, at the risk of sounding like Candida, I'd give anything to find out.'
- (Can we date this quote?), QuickRead, Lea Schullery, Inventology by Pagan Kennedy (Summary), QuickRead.com:
- In 2012, author Pagan Kennedy was hired by The New York Times magazine to write a column titled “Who Made That?” She began to hunt the people down behind inventions like sliced bread, the 3-D printer, and lipstick.
- A surname.
- 1838, Scotland. Court of Session, Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of Exchequer and House of Lords, page 399:
- Mrs Pagan was delivered of a posthumous child, and thereafter along with the infant (a girl), she brought a process of aliment against John Pagan, who was a hosier in Dumfries, and alleged to be wealthy, […]
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Burmese ပုဂံ (pu.gam). Doublet of Bagan.
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Pagan
- (dated) The city of Bagan, Myanmar.
- (historical) The 9th- to 13th-century Burmese kingdom which had its capital at this city.