James

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1 English

1.1 Pronunciation
1.2 Proper Noun
1.3 Etymology

1.3.1 Variant spellings
1.3.2 Female equivalents
1.3.3 Diminutives
1.3.4 Translations

English

Pronunciation

/dʒeɪmz/

Proper Noun

James

an English male given name meaning "held by the heel, protected, supplanted."

Etymology

Came into English from the French variation Gemmes of the Late Latin Iacomus, dialect variant of Iacobus, from New Testament Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iacōbos), from Hebrew יעקב (Yaʻaqov). Cognates include Jacob

Variant spellings

Jaymes

Female equivalents

Jamesina, Jamey, Jaymie, Jaimie, Jaimita, Gemina

Diminutives

Jim, Jay, Jamie, Jimmy, Jimmie, Jimi, Jamsey, Jame, Jameson, Jimbo, Jake, Jem, Jemmy

Translations

Basque: Jakes
Breton: Jagu
Castilian: Jaime
Catalan: Jaume, Xaume
Cornish: Jago
French: Jacques, Jame, Gemmes (Normandy), Gemme (Normandy)
Galician: Xaime
German: Jakob
Hawaiian: Kimo
Italian: Giacomo, Iago
Irish: Séamas, Seamus (anglicized), Shamus (anglicized), Séimí
Japanese: ジェームズ, ジェイムズ
Late Latin: Jacomus
Occitan: Jammes, James
Portuguese: Diogo, Jaime, Tiago
Provencal: Jacme
Scottish: Seumas, Sheumais, Jamsey, Hamish (anglicized)
Spanish: Diego, Jaimito, Jacóme, Iago
Welsh Iago

WordNet Definitions

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1. James, Jesse James -- (United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)).
2. James, William James -- (United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)).
3. James, Henry James -- (writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)).
4. James, Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle, St. James the Apostle -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament).
5. James, James River -- (a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads).
6. James, James River -- (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri).
7. Epistle of James, James -- (a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle).

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1. throng, mob, pack, pile, jam -- (press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium").
2. jam -- (push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor").
3. jam, crush -- (crush or bruise; "jam a toe").
4. jam, block -- (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station").
5. jam -- (get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed").
6. jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad -- (crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked").
7. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path").

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