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Sergeant
Posts: 1,149
Join Date: Feb 2003
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04-05-2005, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Tripper
ANDREW
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: AN-droo [key]
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From the Greek name Andreas, which derives from aner "man" (genitive andros "of a man"). In the New Testament the apostle Andrew was the brother of the apostle Simon Peter. According to legend he was crucified on an X-shaped cross, and he is the patron saint of Scotland, Russia, and Greece. This was also the name of kings of Hungary.
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