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Andreas

Andreas proper noun: a male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.

Proper noun

Andreas

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.
    • Gregory led the excavations alongside marine archaeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch, who is also a curator at the National Museum.2025 May 2, Amarachi Orie, “Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships”, in CNN
  2. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Ανδρέας (Andréas).
  3. A village and parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

Origin of Andreas

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.

Phrases with Andreas

Questions about Andreas

What does Andreas mean?
Andreas means a male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.
What part of speech is Andreas?
Andreas is a proper noun.

Words near Andreas in the dictionary

  1. Andrasz
  2. Andre
  3. Andrea
  4. Andreano
  5. Andreanof Islands
  6. Andreas
  7. Andreasian
  8. Andreasians
  9. Andreassen
  10. Andreassian
  11. Andreassians

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