Vitus

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Vitus

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Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.

proper noun

historical A male given name from Latin.
A lake in Alaska.

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name male given name

Español	Vito
Français	Vital
Deutsch	Veit
Italiano	Vito

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@misc{vitus_2026,
  title = {Vitus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vitus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}