Hugo
/ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/US/ˈhju.ɡoʊ/
Hugo proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
Proper noun (1)
Hugo
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
- He had liked a girl named Sandra in seventh grade. "Where did you get the name Hugo?" she had asked him once. "It sounds like a made-up name. What's your real name, Hugo? Or are you a Russian spy?"1986, Kitty Burns Florey, Real Life, Morrow, →ISBN, page 34
- A surname from French.
- A statutory town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after Victor Hugo.
Noun
Hugo (plural Hugos)
- A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.
- Red Mars (1992) won a Nebula and Green Mars (1993) won a Hugo.2018, James Gunn, Alternate Worlds, McFarland, →ISBN, page 262
Proper noun (2) capitalized: HUGO
HUGO
- Initialism of Human Genome Organisation.
Forms of Hugo
| plural | Hugos |
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Origin of Hugo
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
Words formed from Hugo
Questions about Hugo
- What does Hugo mean?
- Hugo means a male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
- What part of speech is Hugo?
- Hugo can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Hugo?
- Hugo is pronounced /ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/ (UK).
Words near Hugo in the dictionary
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