Vico

American

[vik-oh, vee-koh, vee-kaw] / ˈvɪk oʊ, ˈvi koʊ, ˈvi kɔ /

noun

Giovanni Battista 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.

Vico British

/ ˈviːko, ˈvɪkəʊ /

noun

Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1668–1744, Italian philosopher. In Scienza Nuova (1721) he postulated that civilizations rise and fall in evolutionary cycles, making use of myths, poetry, and linguistics as historical evidence

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Viconian

adjective

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Vico

The Scot even has a special shrine in Vico San Nicola al Nilo, and a nickname - "McFratm".

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

Actor Vico Ortiz, who is Hispanic and nonbinary, defended Latinx during a recent interview on NBC’s “Today,” calling the Spanish language “incredibly binary.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

The Italian Vico Magistretti designed Florian, a lightweight table, in 1989.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

Growing up, Benito soaked up the sounds of iconic reggaeton rappers such as Daddy Yankee and Vico C as well as the Juan Gabriel and Héctor Lavoe that his mom blasted while they did housework.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2020

He was the son of that Baptista di Savelli, who was ruined with the Prefetti di Vico, and other noble houses during the time of Eugene IV.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats

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