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Mario

American  
[mahr-ee-oh, mar-, mah-ryaw] / ˈmɑr iˌoʊ, ˈmær-, ˈmɑ rjɔ /

noun

  1. a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.


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Born Mario Lavandeira, the Cuban American has been a pop culture personality since the mid-2000s, running a popular online entertainment site.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Littler is currently £22,250 behind 64th-placed Mario Vandenbogaerde.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

But it’s not as extreme of an intervention as Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes” pledge to preserve the euro or Ben Bernanke’s bazooka program in response to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, experts say.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Paz named the current environment minister, Oscar Mario Justiniano Pinto, to replace Espinoza in an interim capacity.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Most important, Tawantinsuyu “managed to eradicate hunger,” the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa noted.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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