Joaquin

Joa·quin
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/wɑˈkiːn//hwɑˈkiːn/

proper noun

A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Joaquín.

Less commonScrabble 23

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Joaquín.
    1 more example

    Jim Acosta, former chief White House correspondent for CNN, stirred controversy on Monday when he sat for a conversation with a reanimated version of a person who died more than seven years ago. His guest was an avatar of Joaquin Oliver, one of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.

    2025 August 4, Dara Kerr, “Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. SpanishJoaquín
  2. EnglishJoaquin

Borrowed from Spanish Joaquín.

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APA

Joaquin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Joaquin

MLA

“Joaquin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Joaquin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Joaquin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Joaquin.

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