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View Name: Caligula


CALIGULA
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: History
PRONOUNCED: kə-LIG-yoo-lə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "little boot" in Latin. This was a nickname for the Roman emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus given to him in his youth by his father's soldiers.
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