Euclid

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proper noun

Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, fl. 300 BC.

OriginAncient Greek Εὐκλείδης →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, fl. 300 BC.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
  3. A city in Ohio.
  4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΕὐκλείδης
  2. EnglishEuclid

From Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης (Eukleídēs).

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Translations

Arabic إِقْلِيدِس
  • إِقْلِيدِس (ʔiqlīdis)Greek mathematician
Bengali ইউক্লিড
  • ইউক্লিড (iukliḍ)Greek mathematician
Bulgarian Евклид
  • Евклид (Evklid)Greek mathematician
Chinese Cantonese 歐幾里得 /欧几里得
  • 歐幾里得 /欧几里得 (au¹ gei¹ lei⁵ dak¹)Greek mathematician
Chinese Mandarin 歐幾里得 /欧几里得
  • 歐幾里得 /欧几里得 (Ōujīlǐdé)Greek mathematician
Czech Eukleidés, Euklides
  • EukleidésGreek mathematician
  • EuklidesGreek mathematician
Esperanto Eŭklido
  • EŭklidoGreek mathematician
Finnish Eukleides
  • EukleidesGreek mathematician
French Euclide
  • EuclideGreek mathematician
German Euklid
  • EuklidGreek mathematician
Hindi उकलैदिस
  • उकलैदिस (uklaidis)Greek mathematician
Hungarian Eukleidész
  • EukleidészGreek mathematician
Icelandic Evklíð
  • EvklíðGreek mathematician
Italian Euclide
  • EuclideGreek mathematician
Japanese ユークリッド, エウクレイデス
  • ユークリッド (yūkuriddo)Greek mathematician
  • エウクレイデス (eukureidesu)Greek mathematician
Korean 유클리드, 에우클레이데스
  • 유클리드 (yukeullideu)Greek mathematician
  • 에우클레이데스 (e'ukeulleideseu)Greek mathematician
Latin Euclides
  • EuclidesGreek mathematician
Persian اقلیدس
  • اقلیدس (oqlides)Greek mathematician
Portuguese Euclides
  • EuclidesGreek mathematician
Russian Евкли́д, Эвкли́д
  • Евкли́д (Jevklíd)Greek mathematician
  • Эвкли́д (Evklíd)Greek mathematician
Spanish Euclides
  • EuclidesGreek mathematician
Swedish Euklides
  • EuklidesGreek mathematician
Tagalog Euklides
  • EuklidesGreek mathematician
Turkish Öklid
  • ÖklidGreek mathematician

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Euclid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euclid

MLA

“Euclid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euclid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Euclid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euclid.

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