Diogo

Cebuano edit

Proper noun edit

Diogo

Diogo (an island in the Philippines)

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

The Portuguese equivalent of Spanish Diego, from Old Galician-Portuguese Diago, from Latin Didacus. The change from -a- to -o- in Portuguese is irregular, and has been explained as avoiding homonymy with Diago < diaconus.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈo.ɡu/ [d͡ʒɪˈo.ɡu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjo.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈo.ɡo/ [d͡ʒɪˈo.ɡo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjo.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjo.ɡu/ [ˈdjo.ɣu]

Rhymes: -oɡu
Hyphenation: Di‧o‧go

Proper noun edit

Diogo m (plural Diogos)

a male given name

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