name
Urgessa
oor-GES-sah
uːrˈɡɛsːɑːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Urgessa
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Oromo (Ethiopia)
- Meaning
- an Oromo masculine name from the Cushitic people of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, the largest single ethnolinguistic group in Ethiopia; the name is associated with swiftness, urgency, and the decisive action valued in the Gadaa democratic governance system through which Oromo men pass through graded age-classes of rights and responsibilities; Urgessa evokes a man of energy and prompt resolve
- Gender
- male
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