Casimir

See also: casimir

English

Etymology

From a Polish royal name and saint's name Kazimierz, of Slavic origin, meaning "proclamation of peace".Alternatively, perhaps "someone who destroys opponent's prestige/glory during battle", derived from the Slavic elements kazić (“to destroy”) and mir (“prestige, fame”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkæzɪmɪə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Casimir

A male given name.
- 1992 Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume (1994), ISBN 0452271770, page 19:
  - Babushka wants you to call the poor little bugger Casimir after her uncle in the Resistance. Can you imagine what would happen in any schoolyard to a kid with a name like Casimir?

Translations

male given name

Belarusian: Казімі́р m (Kazimír), Казіме́р m (Kazimjér)
Czech: Kazimír (cs) m
Esperanto: Kazimiro
French: Casimir (fr) m
German: Casimir m, Kasimir (de) m
Hungarian: Kázmér (hu)
Italian: Casimiro (it) m
Japanese: カジミール (Kajimīru)
Latvian: Kazimirs m
Lithuanian: Kazimieras (lt) m

Polish: Kazimierz (pl) m
Portuguese: Casimiro m
Russian: Казими́р (ru) m (Kazimír), Кази́меж (ru) m (Kazímež) (transliteration of the Polish name)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Казимир m
Roman: Kazimir m
Slovak: Kazimír m
Slovene: Kazimir m
Spanish: Casimiro (es) m
Ukrainian: Казими́р m (Kazymýr)

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