James
nameEtymology
The English New Testament form of Jacob, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iācōmus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacques, Jacob, Iago, Jago, Yago, Hamish, Seamus, Tiago, Santiago, and Yaakov. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a modification of the earlier name Duke of York's Island after its eponymous duke's coronation as James II of England. See Occitan Jacme for an intermediary between Old French James and Catalan Jaume.
Definitions
The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James,…
One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
- […] And Normans call me James Fitz-James. / Thus watch I o'er insulted laws, / Thus learn to right the injured cause. […]
- Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
- In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey.
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An English surname originating as a patronymic.
A placename
The neighborhood
- neighborJacob and its variants
- neighborJameson
- neighborSt. James
- neighborJaimepet forms
- neighborJakepet forms
- neighborJambopet forms
- neighborJamiepet forms
- neighborJaypet forms
- neighborJempet forms
- neighborJemmypet forms
- neighborJimpet forms
- neighborJimbopet forms
Derived
Court of St. James's, Deeping St James, Great Saint James, jamescameroni, James City, James Creek, James Island, James-Stein estimator, Jamestown, King James, KJV, Little Saint James, Pristimantis jamescameroni, Saint James, Saint-James, Saint James Windward, St. James, St James, St.-James, St-James, St James's, Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, Swyer-James syndrome
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at James. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at james. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at james
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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