Associations to the word «Bruno»

Wiktionary

BRUNO, proper noun. A male given name.
BRUNO, proper noun. A surname​.
BRUNO, proper noun. (folklore) A name for the bear.
BRUNO, proper noun. A city in Minnesota
BRUNO, proper noun. A village in Nebraska
BRUNO, proper noun. A municipality in Piedmont, Italy
BRUNO, proper noun. A town in Saskatchewan

Dictionary definition

BRUNO, noun. German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054).
BRUNO, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101).
BRUNO, noun. Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600).

Wise words

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