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BACCHUS
GENDER: Masculine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Βακχος (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: BAK-əs (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From Greek Βακχος (Bakchos), derived from ιαχο (iacho) meaning "to shout". This was another name of the Greek god Dionysos, and it was also the name that the Romans commonly used for him.
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