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Vasilios

Vasilios proper noun: a transliteration of the Greek male given name Βασίλειος (Vasíleios), equivalent to Basil.

Proper noun

Vasilios

  1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Βασίλειος (Vasíleios), equivalent to Basil.

Forms of Vasilios

alternative formVasileios
alternative formVassileios
alternative formVassilios

Origin of Vasilios

From a transliteration of Modern Greek Βασίλειος (Vasíleios), a male given name used in (modern) Greece, which in turn derives from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios), from βασίλειος (basíleios, “of the king, kingly, royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of Basil. See Basil for more details.

Questions about Vasilios

What does Vasilios mean?
Vasilios means a transliteration of the Greek male given name Βασίλειος (Vasíleios), equivalent to Basil.
What part of speech is Vasilios?
Vasilios is a proper noun.

Words near Vasilios in the dictionary

  1. Vasiliev
  2. Vasilievichy
  3. Vasilievs
  4. Vasilii
  5. Vasilikas
  6. Vasilios
  7. Vasilis
  8. vasilite
  9. Vasilkov
  10. vasilopita
  11. vasilopitas

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