Iago

Translingual

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Etymology

From the character in Shakespeare's Othello.

Proper noun

Iago m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Triakidae – houndsharks.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Iago omanensis (big-eye houndshark) - type species; Iago garricki (long-nose houndshark) - other extant species; see Iago on WikispeciesWikispecies for extinct species.

References

• Iago (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Iago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician Iago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Yago, Jago, James, Jacob, Jacques, Diego, Santiago, and San Diego.

Proper noun

Iago

1. A male given name.
2. The villain of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello; any similar villain or deceitful underling.

Anagrams

• agio

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaɡo/ [ˈjɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈjaɡo/ [ˈjɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈjaħo/ [ˈjɑ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡo

• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Rhymes: -aħo

• Hyphenation: Ia‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob

Related terms

• Santiago

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Iago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Iago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

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Iago

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Etymology

From English. Doublet of Giacomo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: Ià‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• agio, agio-, agiò, gaio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡu/ [ˈja.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Hyphenation: I‧a‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob

Related terms

• Jaime, Tiago, Jacó
• Santiago

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjaɡo/ [ˈja.ɣ̞o]

• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: Ia‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name, variant of Yago