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Santiago.

a male given name

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡu/Brazil/sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡu/Brazil/sɐ̃ˈtja.ɡu/Portugal[sɐ̃ˈtja.ɣu]Portugal

  1. a male given name

    masculine

  2. a surname

    masculine

  3. James (name of two of the twelve apostles)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *sh₂nékti Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Italic *-iō Proto-Italic *sankiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Proto-Italic *sanktos Latin sānctus Biblical Hebrew עָקַב Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor. Latin Iācōbus Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago Portuguese Santiago Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago, from Latin Sānctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”). Doublet of São Tiago. Cognate with Fala, Galician, and Spanish Santiago.

name/sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡu/Brazil/sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡu/Brazil/sɐ̃ˈtja.ɡu/Portugal[sɐ̃ˈtja.ɣu]Portugal

  1. Santiago (one of the ten islands of Cape Verde)

  2. a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  3. Santiago, Santiago de Chile (the capital city of Chile)

    informal

  4. Santiago, Santiago de Compostela (a city in Galicia, Spain)

    informal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *sh₂nékti Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Italic *-iō Proto-Italic *sankiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Proto-Italic *sanktos Latin sānctus Biblical Hebrew עָקַב Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor. Latin Iācōbus Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago Portuguese Santiago Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago, from Latin Sānctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”). Doublet of São Tiago. Cognate with Fala, Galician, and Spanish Santiago.

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