Adão
See also: Adao
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: A‧dão
Proper noun
Adão m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
- Adam (in Abrahamic religions, the first man and the progenitor of the human race)
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- pt:Biblical characters