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Angelo

US/ˈæn.d͡ʒə.loʊ/

Angelo proper noun: a male given name from Italian.

Proper noun

Angelo (plural Angelos)

  1. A male given name from Italian.
    • I haue deliuerd to Lord Angelo / (A man of ſtricture and firme abſtinence) / My abſolute power, and place here in Vienna,c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Luigi — Angelo. They're lovely names; and so grand and foreign — not like Jones and Robinson and such.1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “[Pudd’nhead Wilson] Chapter V”, in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Conn.: American...
  2. A surname from Italian.

Forms of Angelo

pluralAngelos
alternative formAngello

Origin of Angelo

Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel.

Words formed from Angelo

Questions about Angelo

What does Angelo mean?
Angelo means a male given name from Italian.
What part of speech is Angelo?
Angelo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Angelo?
Angelo is pronounced /ˈæn.d͡ʒə.loʊ/ (US).

Words near Angelo in the dictionary

  1. Angellos
  2. angells
  3. angelly
  4. angelmaker
  5. Angelman syndrome
  6. Angelo
  7. angelocracies
  8. angelocracy
  9. Angeloff
  10. angelographer
  11. angelographers

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