"Julius" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuːliəs/, /ˈd͡ʒuːljəs/, /ˈd͡ʒuːləs/ (note: Appalachians, obsolete) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Julius.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uːliəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Iūlius, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”), i.e. the young, or from Latin Jovilius (“devoted to Jove”). Doublet of Jules. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Iūlius}} Latin Iūlius, {{der|en|grc|ἴουλος|t=downy first beard hairs}} Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”), {{m|la|Jovilius|t=devoted to Jove}} Jovilius (“devoted to Jove”), {{doublet|en|Jules}} Doublet of Jules Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Julius
  1. A male given name from Latin. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Julius Caesar cipher Related terms: July (english: the month), Julian, Julia, Juliana, Gillian, Jill Translations (male given name): Ἰούλιος (Ioúlios) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), يُولِيُوس (yūliyūs) [masculine] (Arabic), Հուլիոս (Hulios) (Armenian), Ю́лій (Júlij) [masculine] (Belarusian), Ю́лий (Júlij) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Juli [masculine] (Catalan), 尤利烏斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 尤利乌斯 (Yóulìwūsī) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲓⲟⲩⲗⲓⲟⲥ (ioulios) (Coptic), Julius [masculine] (Czech), Julius (Danish), Julius (Finnish), Jules (French), Xulio [masculine] (Galician), იულიუს (iulius) (Georgian), Julius (German), Ιούλιος (Ioúlios) [masculine] (Greek), יוּלִי (yúli) [masculine] (Hebrew), जुलियस (juliyas) [masculine] (Hindi), Gyula (Hungarian), Július (Icelandic), Iúil [masculine] (Irish), Giulio (Italian), ユリウス (Yuriusu) (Japanese), 율리우스 (Yulliuseu) (Korean), Iūlius (Latin), Jūlijs [masculine] (Latvian), Јулиј (Julij) [masculine] (Macedonian), Jool [masculine] (Manx), जुलियस (juliyas) [masculine] (Marathi), Juliusz [masculine] (Polish), Julek [masculine] (Polish), Júlio [masculine] (Portuguese), Iuliu [masculine] (Romanian), Ю́лий (Júlij) [masculine] (Russian), Július [masculine] (Slovak), Julij [masculine] (Slovene), Julio (Spanish), Julius (Swedish), Julio (note: from Spanish) (Tagalog), Ю́лій (Júlij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Giuliô (Vietnamese)
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      "word": "Iúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Giulio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Yuriusu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ユリウス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Yulliuseu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "율리우스"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Iūlius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jūlijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Julij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Јулиј"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jool"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "juliyas",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जुलियस"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Juliusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Julek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Júlio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Iuliu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Júlij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ю́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Július"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Julij"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Julio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Julius"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "note": "from Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Julio"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Júlij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ю́лій"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Giuliô"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Julius"
}

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