Pagan

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See also: pagan, pag- -an, págán, păgân, and Pagán

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (rustic, rural).

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Pagan

  1. A male given name from Latin.
  2. (uncommon) A female given name.
    • 2011 April 19, Michael Arditti, Pagan and Her Parents, Arcadia Books, →ISBN:
      'I've always believed that one of the reasons she never named Pagan's father was to spare her a similar pain.' 'You don't know who he is?' 'No. And, at the risk of sounding like Candida, I'd give anything to find out.'
    • (Can we date this quote?), QuickRead, Lea Schullery, Inventology by Pagan Kennedy (Summary), QuickRead.com:
      In 2012, author Pagan Kennedy was hired by The New York Times magazine to write a column titled “Who Made That?” She began to hunt the people down behind inventions like sliced bread, the 3-D printer, and lipstick.
  3. A surname.
    • 1838, Scotland. Court of Session, Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of Exchequer and House of Lords, page 399:
      Mrs Pagan was delivered of a posthumous child, and thereafter along with the infant (a girl), she brought a process of aliment against John Pagan, who was a hosier in Dumfries, and alleged to be wealthy, []

Etymology 2

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Borrowing from Burmese ပုဂံ (pu.gam). Doublet of Bagan.

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Pagan

  1. (dated) The city of Bagan, Myanmar.
  2. (historical) The 9th- to 13th-century Burmese kingdom which had its capital at this city.

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