Caspar

//ˈkæspɚ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    one of the Magi.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Old Persian, more popular in the form Jasper.
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.

Synonyms

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gaspar

Etymology

A name given to one of the Magi in Western church tradition, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more. Compare Hatran Aramaic 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /⁠Gazzabray⁠/, “a given name”), also from Iranian.

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