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Jacobo

/xaˈkobo/

proper noun/xaˈkobo/

James, the son of Zebedee in the Bible; James, the son of Alpheus in the Bible; James, the brother of Jesus; Santiago; a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Jacob or James

Borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Compare Diego, Santiago, Yago.