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AMERIGO

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Medieval Italian form of Amalric (see EMMERICH) or Heimiric (see HENRY). Amerigo Vespucci was the Italian explorer who gave the continent of America its name (from Americus, the Latin form of his name).
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