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Subject: Re: want to find the meaning of my name
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 77.86.63.214)
Date: April 2, 2009 at 11:44:44 AM
Reply to: want to find the meaning of my name by Antonis
Well xylon means "wood" - the material not tree covered land - and -aki is either a diminutive or the Cretan patronymic ending.
I think xylaki might mean "stick", or "little stick". That suggests the possibility that Xylaki is a nickname, say for a thin person.
What do you think?

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