Homer

See also: homer, omer, and Homér

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊmə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊməɹ/

Etymology 1

From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

Proper noun

Homer (countable and uncountable, plural Homers)

  1. Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  3. A town, the county seat of Banks County, Georgia, United States.
  4. A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Homer Township.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English [Term?], an occupational name for a helmet maker, or a variant of Holme.

Proper noun

Homer (plural Homers)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, hostage).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Homer m

  1. Homer

Danish

Etymology

Via German Homer and Latin Homērus from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hoˈmeˀɐ̯], [hoˈmeɐ̯ˀ]

Proper noun

Homer

  1. Homer

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Homer m (proper noun, strong, genitive Homers or Homer)

  1. Homer

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

Proper noun

Homer m

  1. Homer
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