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Andreas¹

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From Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.

proper noun Andreases

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of Andrew, a male given name from Greek, Ancient Greek, or Latin, equivalent to English Andrew. Gregory led the excavations alongside marine archaeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch, who is also a curator at the National Museum.
  2. countable, uncountable A village and parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

Andreas²

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Andrea

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Closest in meaning: andrew, andré, andre, barbara, andrea, maria, anders, andres, schwab, andr, andrei, andris, andrés, andy, andrej, andras

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@misc{andreas_2026,
  title = {Andreas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/andreas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}