Europe
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Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
Damianus and, in turn, from the Greek Δαμιανος Damianos which was derived from the Greek word ''δαμαω'' ''damao'' meaning "to tame". Generally a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, it can also be a
family
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surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
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It may refer to:
* Cosme Damião, Portuguese footballer
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Damião António Franklin Damião António Franklin (August 6, 1950 – April 28, 2014) was an Angolan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fifth Archbishop of Luanda.
Biography
Damião Franklin was born in Cabinda, Angola, and ordained to the priesthood in J ...
, Angolan Catholic bishop
* Damião de Góis, Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502–1574)
* Damião Vaz d'Almeida, São Tomé and Príncipe politician
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Leandro Damião
Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos (; born 22 July 1989), known as Leandro Damião or simply Damião, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale. He has been capped at international level ...
, Brazilian footballer
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Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto
Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto ComTE, ComC, ComA, ComSE, ( Lisbon, 29 September 1880 – Lisbon, 4 August 1949) was a Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel of the Republican National Guard (''Guarda Nacional Republicana'', GNR), politician and ...
, Portuguese military officer and Prime Minister (1880–1949)
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Mário Hipólito Damião
Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius.
In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and ...
Wellington Damião Nogueira Marinho
Wellington Damião Nogueira Marinho (born 13 June 1981) is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for São Bernardo FC.
In February 2006, he was signed by Sporting Braga
Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just ...
São Cosme e São Damião
SAO or Sao may refer to:
Places
* Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
* Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso
* Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ...