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“Master Kong”
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English (Southern England)
01 / Meaning & origin
Confucius is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary records the meaning “Master Kong”.
Meaning: “Master Kong”
Learned borrowing from New Latin Cōnfucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, honorific title, literally “Master Kong”) + Latin -ius.
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