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geronimo
juh-RO-nih-moh
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A shout made just before leaping — off a diving board, out of a plane, into water — popularised by paratroopers.
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A renowned Apache leader and medicine man who resisted US and Mexican expansion in the 1800s.
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the name of the famous Apache leader, or the shout people make when jumping into something.
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Etymology
The exclamation was adopted by American paratroopers in the 1940s in tribute to the Apache leader Geronimo; the name itself is an Italian form equivalent to the English name Jerome.