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Santiago

/sanˈtjaɡo/

proper noun/sanˈtjaɡo/

James; a male given name, equivalent to English James; Santiago (the capital city of Chile; official name: Santiago de Chile); a region of Chile; Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region (a province of Chile)

Inherited from Latin Sānctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).