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Xavier

xa·vier

UK/ˈzeɪ.vɪə/ US/ˈzæv.ɪə/ fairly common

noun

1.

Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)

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Origin

Toponymic surname of a 16th-century saint born in the Kingdom of Navarre, Francis de Xavier, from a place name in the Kingdom of Navarre, originally from Basque Xabier. Doublet of Echeverría.

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