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View Name: Othello


OTHELLO
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Literature
PRONOUNCED: o-THEL-o (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Perhaps an Italian diminutive of OTHO. Shakespeare used this name in his tragedy 'Othello' (1603), where it belongs to a Moor who is manipulated by Iago into killing his wife Desdemona.



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