Celsius
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Surname CELSIUS

SOURCE: Location
USAGE: Swedish (Archaic), History
PRONOUNCED: SEL-see-us
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CONTRIBUTOR: Beautiful Victory on 5/4/2017

Meaning & History

Latinized form of Högen "the mound" (Latin: celsus), the name of a vicarage in Ovanåker parish, Sweden. Celsius is a unit of measurement for temperature named for Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744).