Iago

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Galician given name Portuguese given name Spanish given name Welsh given name drama character fictional character given name literary character male given name

Iago is a given name, notably borne by the treacherous antagonist in Shakespeare’s play "Othello" and used as a variant of James in several languages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Iago (Shakespeare character)	1
Frank Finlay as Iago	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Galician given name ⓘ Portuguese given name ⓘ Spanish given name ⓘ Welsh given name ⓘ drama character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ given name ⓘ literary character ⓘ male given name ⓘ
appearsInWork	Othello (1965 film) ⓘ surface form: Othello
associatedWithTheme	betrayal ⓘ evil ⓘ jealousy ⓘ manipulation ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork	England ⓘ
creator	William Shakespeare ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo	Jacob ⓘ surface form: Iacobus Iago self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iago (Shakespeare character)
firstPerformanceCentury	17th century ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn	tragedy ⓘ
hasSpouse	Emilia (Othello character) ⓘ
hasVariantOf	Jacob ⓘ James ⓘ
hasVictim	Cassio (character) ⓘ Desdemona (character) ⓘ Othello (character) ⓘ Roderigo (character) ⓘ
inspiredTerm	Iago-like villain ⓘ
languageOfUse	Galician language ⓘ surface form: Galician Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Spanish ⓘ Welsh ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor	plotting the downfall of Othello ⓘ
notableTrait	deceptive ⓘ manipulative ⓘ treacherous ⓘ
occupation	ensign ⓘ
roleInWork	antagonist ⓘ
servesUnder	Othello (character) ⓘ
settingOfActions	Cyprus ⓘ Venice ⓘ
workForm	play ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Othello (character) → antagonist → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Othello

Desdemona (character) → associatedWith → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Desdemona

Roderigo (character) → associatedWith → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Roderigo

Shane Omen in O → basedOn → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Shane Omen

Othello (1995 film) → character → Iago ⓘ

Othello (1965 film) → characterPortrayed → Iago ⓘ

Late Latin Iacomus → cognate → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Iacomus

Othello (character) → confidesIn → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Othello

Cassio (character) → downfallOrchestratedBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio

Cassio (character) → enemyOf → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio

Iago → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Iago self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iago (Shakespeare character)

Tiagu → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Iago ⓘ

Aladdin → featuresCharacter → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Aladdin (1992 film)

Othello (1965 film) → featuresPerformanceBy → Iago ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frank Finlay as Iago

Othello (character) → friendAndEnsign → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Othello

Roderigo (character) → givesJewelsTo → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Roderigo

Roderigo (character) → givesMoneyTo → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Roderigo

Diego → hasCognate → Iago ⓘ

Hamish → hasCognate → Iago ⓘ

Jacques → hasCognate → Iago ⓘ

James → hasCognate → Iago ⓘ

Othello (character) → isDeceivedIntoJealousyBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Othello

Roderigo (character) → isKilledBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Roderigo

Othello (character) → isManipulatedBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Othello

Roderigo (character) → isManipulatedBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Roderigo

Tiago → isVariantOf → Iago ⓘ

Aladdin (2019 film) → mainCharacter → Iago ⓘ

Junius Brutus Booth → notableRole → Iago ⓘ

Othello (character) → overlooksForPromotion → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Othello

Cassio (character) → promotionOver → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio

Cassio (character) → relationshipWith → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio

Othello (1995 film) → roleOfKennethBranagh → Iago ⓘ

Emilia (Othello character) → spouse → Iago ⓘ

Cassio (character) → targetOfPlotBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio

Desdemona (character) → trusts → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Desdemona

Cassio (character) → usedBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio

Cassio (character) → victimOf → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio

Desdemona (character) → victimOf → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Desdemona

Cassio (character) → woundedBy → Iago ⓘ

subject surface form: Cassio