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EUCLID
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Pronounced: YOO-klid (English) [key]
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From the Greek name Ευκλειδης (Eukleides), derived from Greek ευ "good" and κλεος (kleos) "glory". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician from Alexandria who made numerous contributions to geometry. |
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