Geronimo
pronunciation
How to pronounce Geronimo in British English:
UK [dʒe'rɔni,məu]
How to pronounce Geronimo in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
Word Origin
- Geronimo (interj.)
- cry made in jumping, 1944 among U.S. airborne soldiers, apparently from the story of the Apache leader Geronimo making a daring leap to escape U.S. cavalry pursuers at Medicine Bluffs, Oklahoma (and supposedly shouting his name in defiance as he did). Adopted as battle cry by paratroopers in World War II, who perhaps had seen it in the 1939 Paramount Studios movie "Geronimo." The name is the Italian and Spanish form of Jerome, from Greek Hieronomos, literally "sacred name." One contemporary source also lists Osceola as a jumping cry.
Example
- 1. She came up with names for the houses , like geronimo and billy the kid , and picked out furniture with suede accents .
- 2. I chose openjpa over other vendor product because it has been integrated with the weblogic , websphere , and geronimo application servers .