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D e c I b e l.
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Decibel.
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It doesn’t really sound like decibel. Decebal is deh-che-BAHL.
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Too close to decibel.
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Let me assure you that it doesn't sound one bit like 'disabled'. It's pronounced de-che-bahl. ('che' as in 'check')
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The name sounds like decibel which isn't a bad thing, but what I don't like is how it sounds like disabled.
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It reminds me of the unit of measuring volume of sounds.
I like the name though. My mother for some reason once suggested that I name my child "voinic," but that would be ridiculous so I may use this instead because it has roughly the same meaning and is used in the same place as Romanian is spoken.
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I like the name though. My mother for some reason once suggested that I name my child "voinic," but that would be ridiculous so I may use this instead because it has roughly the same meaning and is used in the same place as Romanian is spoken.
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Decebal was not the real name of the king (his real name was Diurpaneus). Decebal was only a nickname meaning "the brave", "the strong".
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"Decebal" is a kind of construction for "he is able to kill ten" in the Dacian language (dece-, as you can see, is a old Indo-European root for "ten" like "decem" in Latin).
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The second famous king of "Dacia" (the old name of Romania) was called Decebal. He was murdered by the emperor of the Roman Empire in 161 BC for his teritory.
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The name Decebal is composed by two words: "Dece" with the meaning: "Daci"-(ancient tribe) and "Bal/balus" an Indo-European word meaning: "the power of".
The original name of king Decebal was Diurpaneus.
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The original name of king Decebal was Diurpaneus.
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Edit: also looks kind of like "December".