Costello

//kɑˈstɛloʊ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A locality in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia, named after John Costello (pastoralist). countable, uncountable

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"Elvis Costello is a demigod of new wave music."

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oisdealbhaigh (“son of Oisdealbhach”), a personal name composed of the elements os (“deer”) and dealbhach (“resembling, in the form of”).

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