Translate the Name of James Or Santiago please

Spanish translation: Santiago

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Spanish term or phrase:	James
Selected answer:	Santiago
Entered by:	Parrot

09:25 Aug 20, 2001

Spanish language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]

Spanish term or phrase: Translate the Name of James Or Santiago please

Would like to know the translation of the names of Jsmes and santiago Please thank you

Ernest Valero

"Santiago" is the Castillian name of St. James, hence this

Explanation:
would be the most common. However, in the Catalonian north it's common to hear "Jaume" and "Jaime". Compare with the French Jacques and Etienne (I known it sounds like a distant comparison) and you also have "Jacobo" (hence, the adjective "Jacobean").

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"Santiago" is the Castillian name of St. James, hence this

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"Santiago" is the Castillian name of St. James, hence this

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 02:14
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 8

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If you're wondering how it got this complicated, bear in mind that Santiago Matamoros was the patron saint of the (largely internal) "reconquista" of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors. "Jacobo" is probably closer to the Semitic original, but I don't suppose it was politically correct to derive his name from a Semitic language (this runs along the rules that the Jesuits later established for distinguishing Jewish "Josefos" and "Josephuses" from Jesus' foster father). Universally translated names may be derived from secondary sources (Greek and Latin, for example).

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 02:14
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 8

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