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Portuguese language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tom ...
form of the biblical name
Isaiah
Isaiah ( or ; , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "Yahweh is salvation"; also known as Isaias or Esaias from ) was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.
The text of the Book of Isaiah refers to Isaiah as "the prophet" ...
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Notable people with the name include:
* Isaias of Constantinople (died 1332), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1323 to 1332
* Isaias Afwerki
Isaias Afwerki (, ; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and leader who has been the List of heads of state of Eritrea, president of Eritrea since 1993 and the chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) since 1994 ...
(born 1942), first and current president of Eritrea
* Isaías Carrasco (1964–2008), Basque politician
* Isaías D'Oleo Ochoa (born 1980), Costa Rican poet
* Isaías Duarte Cancino (1939–2002), Colombian Catholic priest and Archbishop of Cali
* Isaias W. Hellman (1842–1920), German-born American banker and philanthropist, and a founding father of the University of Southern California
* Isaías Marques Soares (born 1963), Brazilian footballer
* Isaías Medina Angarita
Isaías Medina Angarita (6 July 1897 – 15 September 1953) was a Venezuelan military and politician who served as President of Venezuela from 1941 until 1945, during World War II. He followed the path of his predecessor Eleazar López Contre ...
(1897–1953), President of Venezuela from 1941 to 1945
* Isaías de Noronha
José Isaías de Noronha (6 June 1873 – 29 January 1963) was a Brazilian Navy Admiral who briefly served as president of Brazil while being a member of the provisional military junta of 1930. Born into a military family, Noronha took up a nava ...
(1874–1963), Brazilian admiral and member of the junta that governed Brazil in 1930
* Isaías Rodríguez (born 1942), Venezuelan politician, diplomat and lawyer, Vice President of Venezuela in 2000
* Isaías Samakuva (born 1946), Angolan politician
* Isaías Sánchez (born 1987), Spanish footballer
* Isaías Silva Aragão (1967–2007), Brazilian footballer
See also
* Esaias Tegnér
Esaias Tegnér (; – ) was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek, and bishop. During the 19th century, he was regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epic '' Frithjof's Saga''. He has been called ...
, Swedish writer
* Isaia (name)
* Hurricane Isaias
Hurricane Isaias () was a destructive tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States while also spawning the strongest tropical cyclone-spawned tornado since Hurricane Rita in 2005. Th ...
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