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Subject: Re: Gebreyesus
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: January 18, 2010 at 4:20:40 PM
Reply to: meanings of some Ethiopian names by Kate
The following site, which seems to be a bit more reliable than a purely "baby names" site, says that Gebre Yesus means "granted by Jesus" in the Tigrinya language:

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Costa-Rica-to-Georgia/Tigray.html

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