English Explanatory Dictionary

Hugo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
  2. A surname from French.
  3. A statutory town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after Victor Hugo.
noun
  1. A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.
name
  1. Initialism of Human Genome Organisation.

Pronunciation

/ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hugo.wav /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/ /ˈju.ɡoʊ/

Word forms

Hugo Hugos

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Derived words

Hugoton
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