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ODOVACAR

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Germanic

Pronounced: o-do-VAY-kər (English)   [key]

From the Gothic name Audawakrs meaning "wealthy and vigilant", derived from the Germanic elements od "wealth" and wacar "vigilant". Odovacar was a 5th-century Gothic leader who overthrew the last western Roman emperor and became the first barbarian king of Italy.
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