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Virgil

name
/ˈvɜːdʒɪl/UK/ˈvɝdʒɪl/US

Etymology

From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.

  1. derived from Virgilius
  2. inherited from Vyrgyle

Definitions

  1. Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best…

    Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

  2. A male given name from Latin.

    • A wedding dance at the Avon Ballroom on July 22nd for Mary Paterek and Virgil Loucks (imagine, a youth named Virgil, he must be the youngest Virgil in Minnesota, maybe the last of the Virgil line).

  3. A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara,…

    A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

    2. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.

      • No points were used by the ancient printers, excepting the colon and the period; but, after some time, a short oblique stroke, called a virgil, was introduced, which answered to the modern comma.

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