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Yago

Yago proper noun: a male given name from Spanish.

Proper noun

Yago

  1. A male given name from Spanish.

Origin of Yago

From Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Jago, James, Jacob, and Jacques.

Questions about Yago

What does Yago mean?
Yago means a male given name from Spanish.
What part of speech is Yago?
Yago is a proper noun.

Words near Yago in the dictionary

  1. Yagnobi
  2. Yagnobis
  3. Yagnobs
  4. yagnya
  5. yagnyas
  6. Yago
  7. Yagoda
  8. Yagon
  9. yagona
  10. yagonas
  11. Yagoona

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