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Re: A name that means 'Dragon'

by Ellie (guest)

7/16/2002, 1:54 PM

in reply to a message by Hiroshi Zanretsu

I looked around and couldn't really find anything that meant specifically "dragon" but I'd suggest Phineas which means "serpent's mouth", or perhaps from mythology Abas which meant "lizard". Another longshot--Ceto which means "sea monster". Hope this helps--good luck with your story! =^)

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- Hiroshi Zanretsu (guest) +5

7/16/2002, 4:55 PM

Phineas, I lik eteh sound of that. I'll go with that.

Oh, if anyone's interested, you can read the main story I'm working on at Fanfiction.net; http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=829057.

- Tue (guest) +3

7/17/2002, 2:51 PM

Ryo means dragon in Japanese.

- Silver (guest)

7/17/2002, 10:51 PM

ive never seen it as Ryo, but always as ryu...

- Tue (guest) +1

7/17/2002, 2:53 PM

At least that's what I've heard...

This site lists Ryo as meaning "excellent". I've read an SF story, however, in which a Japanese woman names her spaceship Ryo because (she claims) it means "dragon".

Say, with a name like Hiroshi, aren't you Japanese...?

- Hiroshi Zanretsu (guest)

7/18/2002, 6:08 PM

I'm not Japanese, and Hiroshi isn't my real name, its a pen name, I have no asian ancestory what so ever (Mostly england and whales, and a little scottish, and very little german.) I am going to try to learn japanese, I'm very interested in Japan. I'm going to look over those names again.

Also, I've seen Ryu (Not Ryo) meaning Dragon.

- Ellie (guest)

7/16/2002, 5:21 PM

=^) Cool! Phineas is a character from one of my favorite books 'A Separate Peace'!

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