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OCTAVIAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: History, Romanian

Pronounced: ahk-TAYV-ee-ən (English)   [key]

From the Roman name Octavianus, which was derived from the name OCTAVIUS. After Gaius Octavius, the later Roman emperor Augustus, was adopted by Julius Caesar he took the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus.
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