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CALIGULA
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
History
PRONOUNCED:
kə-LIG-yoo-lə
(English)
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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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