Hieronymus
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Saint Jerome. countable, uncountable
- 2 A male given name from Ancient Greek of historical use. countable, uncountable
- 3 A surname transferred from the given name. countable, uncountable
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More examples"Hieronymus also says that he measured the Pyramids: watching their shadow, and calculating when they were of the same size as that was."
Etymology
From Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”). Doublet of Jerome.