Bruno

//ˈbɹunoʊ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages. countable

    "He was the man who brought us those great bruising, bristle-chinned teams, with players who had fearsome names like Bruno and Bulldog."

  2. 2
    A surname from Italian. countable
  3. 3
    A name for the bear. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; A town in Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A municipality of Piedmont, Italy. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A city in Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A village in Nebraska, United States. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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bruno of toulgiordano brunophilosophersaint bruno

Example

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"Bruno's football trophies will be dearer to him than his own children until they earn football trophies of their own, which, by the principles of vicarious parenting, Bruno will consider his. In fact, all of the football trophies Bruno considers his are actually his children's."

Etymology

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.

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Mount Bruno

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