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View Name: Decebal


DECEBAL
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Romanian
Meaning & History
Means "powerful, brave" in Dacian. This was the name adopted by Diurpaneus, a 1st-century king of Dacia. For many years he successfully resisted Roman expansion into his territory but was finally defeated by the forces of emperor Trajan in 106.
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