Euclides
Portuguese form of Greek Eukleidēs, from eu, "good", and kleos, "glory".
Meaning and origin
Euclides is how Portuguese spells the name of the Greek mathematician usually known in English as Euclid, the Alexandrian scholar whose Elements organised geometry into the axioms still taught in schools today.
How to pronounce Euclides
| Portuguese (Portugal) | eh-oo-KLEE-dush /ewˈklidɨʃ/ |
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