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Constantine

American  
[kon-stuhn-teen, -tahyn, kawn-stan-teen] / ˈkɒn stənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn, kɔ̃ stɛ̃ˈtin /

noun

  1. died a.d. 715, pope 708–715.

  2. a city in NE Algeria.

  3. a male given name.


Constantine British  
/ ˈkɒnstənˌtaɪn, kɔ̃stɑ̃tin /

noun

  1. a walled city in NE Algeria: built on an isolated rock; military and trading centre. Pop: 482 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Paying back these loans dragged on millennials’ ability to build wealth, said Constantine Yannelis, an economist at the University of Cambridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

About the author: Constantine Yannelis is the Janeway professor of financial economics and J.M.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

MIT graduate student Constantine Tzouanas, former MIT postdoc Jessica Shay, and Massachusetts General Brigham postdoc Marc Sherman are the co-first authors of the paper.

From Science Daily Dec. 31, 2025

It's a lesson he learned from the late Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop where it all began for Constantine in 1977 – manufacturing and supplying products to Roddick's stores.

From BBC Dec. 22, 2025

Not to mention her asking me the whereabouts a Constantine, her maid growing up.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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