Tomé
English edit
Proper noun edit
Tomé
- A commune and city in Chile.
- A former department of Chile.
Translations edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא or תאמא (“twin”), the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tomé m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
- (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)
- a patronymical surname
References edit
- “tome” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “tome” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- "Tomé" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛ
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Tomé m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
- (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)
- Synonym: Tomás
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Tomé f
- Tomé (a commune and city in Tomé, Chile)
- (historical) A department of Chile