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This is the name of a popular rock singer in Greece and Cyprus, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, born 1950.
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For some reason, this is often regarded as equivalent to William, an unrelated name that has no true equivalent in Greek. (It "should" be Basil, of course.)
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It means "king" in Greek and nothing more. No explanation! Stolen word!
(V-a-s-IL)=(In god from holy)=(Your Highness)
IL = HOLY! The god of the Macedonians.
This name and it's syllables are all in Macedonian language (not Greek!).
About IL and Alexander the Great:
We celebrate ILINDEN (IL's day)(the holy day) on 2nd of August (20th July by Julian calendar)
It is the birthday of Alexander the Great (the Macedon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(North_Macedonia)
Some parts of Macedonia are still invaded by Greece (south) and Bulgaria (east)
The invaded Macedonians still use their native names, but with adjectives like -is in Greece.