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Drako

Drako proper noun: a male given name, variant of Draco. Also the alternative spelling of Draco.

Proper noun

Drako

  1. A male given name, variant of Draco.
    • And that day one of the boys, Drako, gave Theras a spear—a great token of friendship.[1925], Caroline Dale Snedeker, “Getting used to it”, in Theras: The Story of an Athenian Boy (The Kings Treasures of Literature), London; Toronto, Ont.: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Sons, Ltd., →OCLC...
    • My name is Drako and I am the leader of this Haven.1965, “Peril in Mechanistria”, in The Dr Who Annual, Manchester: World Distributors, →OCLC, page 72, column 2

Also used as

Drako is also the alternative spelling of Draco.

Examples of Drako in a sentence

  • Meanwhile, the new prince Karadja was succeeded in his employment as dragoman of the Porte by Michalaki Drako Lazzo, who had acted at Istanbul as the agent of the deposed Ipsilanti.1993, Salâhi R[amadan] Sonyel, “The Phanariot (Fenerli)”, in Minorities and the Destruction of the Ottoman Empire (Publications of Turkish...
  • Drako was a four-armed Codru-Ji and one of the fastest racers on the planet.2002 April, Marc Cerasini, “A Double Life”, in Star Wars: Anakin: Apprentice (Jedi Readers; A Step 4 Book), New York, N.Y.: Random House...
  • We will also be welcoming three of my nephew-in-law’s cousins from Moscow—Princes Drako, Lykos, and Gunter Kazanov.2008 November, Patricia Grasso, chapter 1, in Enticing the Prince (Kazanov Royalty; 6), New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 11:
  • In Drako Alexandre’s lifetime, lust had worn many masks—fair and sweet, dark and exotic, male and female—but whatever form it took, it always, without fail, seized its prey.2011 April, Tawny Taylor, chapter 1, in Darkest Fire, New York, N.Y.: Aphrodisia, →ISBN, page 1:

Origin of Drako

A Hellenized spelling of Draco. Compare Drakon, from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn).

Questions about Drako

What does Drako mean?
Drako means a male given name, variant of Draco.
How do you use Drako in a sentence?
Meanwhile, the new prince Karadja was succeeded in his employment as dragoman of the Porte by Michalaki Drako Lazzo, who had acted at Istanbul as the agent of the deposed Ipsilanti.
What part of speech is Drako?
Drako is a proper noun.

Words near Drako in the dictionary

  1. drakestoning
  2. Drakewalls
  3. drakhma
  4. drakhmai
  5. drakhme
  6. Drako
  7. Drakon
  8. Drakonian
  9. dralon
  10. dram
  11. dram. pers.

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