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POMPEY

Gender: Masculine

Usage: History

Pronounced: PAHM-pee (English)   [key]

Modern form of the Roman family name Pompeius, which was probably derived from a Sabellic word meaning "five". A notable bearer was the 1st-century BC Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey the Great.
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