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I have read somewhere that this name also means bright, shining, strong. Could also be shining with strength or something similar to that.
Nero is the Latin word for black.
According to the American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Nero comes from the root *ner-, meaning "vigorous, vital, strong". [noted -ed]
Sabine word for 'Strong and Energetic'.Source The Twelve Caesars by Seutonius, Book III Tiberius, at end of first paragraph in his discussion of the Claudian House (Pengiun Classics 16th anniversary edition translation)
The name "Nero" was actually an ancient Sabine name that meant "strong and energetic", and was absorbed into Latin after the Romans conquered central Italy in 290 BCE.

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