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View Name: Neptune


NEPTUNE
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: NEP-toon (English), NEP-tyoon (English), NEP-choon (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Latin Neptunus, which is of unknown meaning. Neptune was the god of the sea in Roman mythology, approximately equivalent to the Greek god Poseidon. This is also the name of the eighth planet in the solar system.
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VARIANT: Neptunus
OTHER LANGUAGES: Netuno (Portuguese (Brazilian)), Neifion (Welsh)
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