Angelo
English
Etymology
From Italian Angelo, from Late Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek meaning "angel"; cognate to the English Angel.
Proper noun
Angelo
- A male given name.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]::Scene 3:
- I have deliver'd to Lord Angelo - / A man of stricture and firm abstinence - / My absolute power and place here in Vienna
- 1893 Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson/Chapter 5:
- Luigi — Angelo. They're lovely names; and so grand and foreign — not like Jones and Robinson and such.
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