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HAMLET

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Literature

Pronounced: HAM-lət (English)  [key]

Anglicized form of the Danish name Amleth. Shakespeare used this name for the Prince of Denmark in his play 'Hamlet' (1600), which he based upon earlier Danish tales.


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