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Re: A name that means 'Dragon'
I looked around and couldn't really find anything that meant specifically "dragon" but I'd suggest Phineas which means "serpent's mouth", or perhaps from mythology Abas which meant "lizard". Another longshot--Ceto which means "sea monster". Hope this helps--good luck with your story! =^)
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Phineas, I lik eteh sound of that. I'll go with that.Oh, if anyone's interested, you can read the main story I'm working on at Fanfiction.net; http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=829057.
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Ryo means dragon in Japanese.
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ive never seen it as Ryo, but always as ryu...
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At least that's what I've heard...This site lists Ryo as meaning "excellent". I've read an SF story, however, in which a Japanese woman names her spaceship Ryo because (she claims) it means "dragon".Say, with a name like Hiroshi, aren't you Japanese...?
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I'm not Japanese, and Hiroshi isn't my real name, its a pen name, I have no asian ancestory what so ever (Mostly england and whales, and a little scottish, and very little german.) I am going to try to learn japanese, I'm very interested in Japan. I'm going to look over those names again.Also, I've seen Ryu (Not Ryo) meaning Dragon.
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=^) Cool! Phineas is a character from one of my favorite books 'A Separate Peace'!
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