Amadeus (name)

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Amadeus is a theophoric given name derived from the Latin words ama – the imperative of the word amare ("to love") – and deus ("god"). As a linguistic compound in the form of a phereoikos, the name can be taken to mean either "love of God", in other words, that the person is loved by God or "one who loves God". The best-known bearer of the name is the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (see Mozart's name).

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