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Date.

A surname.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A surname.

  2. A ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.

Where this word comes from

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Marathi दाते (dāte), from Sanskrit दाता (dātā), nominative singular of दातृ (dātṛ, “giver, donor”). * Borrowed from Japanese 伊達 (Date, “a city in Hokkaido Prefecture”), a habitational surname.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.