Ciriaco
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Ciriaco is a male given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 in Italian
Italian language
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 (tʃiˈrjaːko) and Spanish
Spanish language
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 (θiɾiˈako).

It derives from the Greek
Greeks
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 given name Κυριακός (also Κυριάκος) which means of the Lord or lordly; from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

 kύριος, kyrios: lord. Thus it is equivalent in meaning to the name Domenico.


It may refer to:
  • Ciriaco Errasti
    Ciriaco Errasti
    Ciriaco Errasti Siunaga was a Spanish international footballer player who participated at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Errasti, a defender, played club football for Deportivo Alavés and Real Madrid between 1925 and 1938.-External links:*...

    , a Spanish footballer
  • Ciriaco de Mita
    Ciriaco de Mita
    Ciriaco Luigi de Mita is an Italian politician. He served as the 47th Prime Minister of Italy from 1988 to 1989 and is currently Member of the European Parliament.-Biography:De Mita was born in Nusco, in the Avellinese hinterland....

    , Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy
    Prime minister of Italy
    The Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government of the Italian Republic...

     (1988–1989)
  • Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, or Cyriacus of Ancona
    Ancona
    Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

    , an Italian antiquarian
    Antiquarian
    An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient objects of art or science, archaeological and historic sites, or historic archives and manuscripts...

     and traveller of the 15th century
  • Ciriaco Cañete, a Filipino martial artist
  • Ciriaco Ortiz, a tango
    Tango music
    Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...

    musician
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