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“of the sea”
/pe.laʒ/ · French
01 / Meaning & origin
Pélage is a masculine given name documented in French. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Pelagius. It is a form of Pelagius, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “of the sea”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Pelage (st-15d0bcaeec)
Meaning: “of the sea”
From Latin Pelagius.
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04 / Through time
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Pelage— “of the sea”
Pelage, _m._ _Fr._ Gr. of the sea, 203
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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French poet
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06 / Behind the facts
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