Abe

Name on pennies

Abe is a nickname for Abraham, used both as a familiar form of the full name and as an independent given name.

In American contexts, Abe often evokes Abraham Lincoln: Honest Abe.

The name appears in compounds like Abe Lincoln as informal shorthand for the sixteenth president.

Lincoln

president

Elected leader of nation

assassination · log cabin · Republican · slavery · abolition · Illinois · debates · Douglas · Ford's Theatre · memorial

Japanese

prime minister

Leader of a parliamentary state

Tokyo · administration · government · conservative · leadership

name

Abraham

First Hebrew patriarch

given name · biblical · patriarchal · Hebrew · old-fashioned · American · classic · traditional · masculine · namesake

slang

money

Currency for transactions

bill · currency · greenback · Lincoln · denomination · paper money

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AbeAbraham

First Hebrew patriarch

Abraham Lincoln · Mr. Lincoln · Lincoln

POLITICAL/HISTORICAL CONTRAST (Lincoln context)

AbeJefferson Davis

Confederacy's only president

John Wilkes Booth · Robert E. Lee · George Wallace

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Abram

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G