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Kovács Attila, BIROK Nemesnépi Zakál György Tagiskola, Hungary
Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names. History The name is found in Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means "blacksmith" in Hungarian, and it is a loanword from Slavic languages. There are 221,688 people in Hungary who are named ''Kovács'', making the name the second most common family name among Hungarians. Cognates * Covaci in Romania * Koufax in Yiddish * Kovač in many South Slavic and West Slavic communities * Kováč in Slovakia * Kovach, the Carpatho-Ruthenian form * Kovachev in Bulgaria * Kovaçi in Albania * Kaval in Belarus (also Kavalchuk, Kavalenka, Kavaliou, Kavalski, Kavalchyk, Kavalevich) * Koval in Ukraine (also Kovalchuk, Kovalenko, Kovalev) * Kovář (also Kováč) in Czech Republic. * Kowal in Poland (also Kowalczyk, Kowalski) Notable people * Ágnes Kovács (born 1981), Hungarian swimmer * Angela Kovács (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was an historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operation of a whitesmith, who usually worked in Goldsmith, gold, Silversmith, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is called variously a smithy, a forge or a blacksmith's shop. While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and Armourer, armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpathian Ruthenia
Carpathian Ruthenia ( rue, Карпатьска Русь, Karpat'ska Rus'; uk, Закарпаття, Zakarpattia; sk, Podkarpatská Rus; hu, Kárpátalja; ro, Transcarpatia; pl, Zakarpacie); cz, Podkarpatská Rus; german: Karpatenukraine is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, with smaller parts in eastern Slovakia (largely in Prešov Region and Košice Region) and the Lemko Region in Poland. From the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (in the 10th century) to the end of World War I (Treaty of Trianon in 1920), most of this region was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the interwar period, it was part of the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic. Before World War II the region was annexed by the Kingdom of Hungary once again. After the war, it was annexed by the Soviet Union and became part of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. It is an ethnically diverse region, inhab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koval (surname)
Koval ( uk, Коваль, Koval') is a Ukrainian surname. The word means "blacksmith", making "Koval" the equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world.Ganzhina, I. M. (2001''Словарь современных русских фамилий'' Moscow: Astrel. p. 260. . Notable people with the name include: * Anastasia Koval (born 1992), Ukrainian artistic gymnast * Andriy Koval (born 1983), Ukrainian football player * Denis Koval (born 1991), Russian speed skater * George Koval (1913–2006), spy for the Soviet Union in the United States * Ihor Koval (born 1955), Ukrainian historian and political scholar * Ivan Koval-Samborsky (1893–1962), Ukrainian stage and film actor * J. J. Koval (born 1992), American soccer player * Maksym Koval (born 1992), Ukrainian football goalkeeper * Mykhailo Koval (born 1956), Ukrainian military officer, Minister of Defence of Ukraine * Mykola Koval (born 1952), Ukrainian operatic baritone * Oleksandr Koval (born 1974), Ukrainian football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavaliou
Kavalyow or Kavaliou ( be, Кавалёў), or Kavalyova, Kavaliova (feminine; Кавалёва), is a common Belarusian surname, an equivalent of the English "Smith" and Russian " Kovalyov" (derived from the Belarusian word ''kaval'', which means ''blacksmith''). The surname may refer to: *Aleh Kavalyow, Belarusian professional footballer *Viktoria Kavaliova, Belarusian ice dancer *Yury Kavalyow Yury Kavalyow ( be, Юрый Кавалёў; russian: Юрий Ковалёв; born 27 January 1993) is a Belarusian professional football player who plays as a right midfielder or left midfielder for Russian club Orenburg. Club career On 15 Ja ..., Belarusian professional footballer {{surname Belarusian-language surnames be:Кавалёў ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of and with a population of 9.4 million, Belarus is the List of European countries by area, 13th-largest and the List of European countries by population, 20th-most populous country in Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into Regions of Belarus, seven regions. Minsk is the capital and List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, largest city. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaval (surname)
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans (in Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Northern Greece, and elsewhere) and Anatolia (including Turkey and Armenia). The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds. Unlike the transverse flute, the kaval is fully open at both ends, and is played by blowing on the sharpened edge of one end. The kaval has eight playing holes (seven in front and one in the back for the thumb) and usually four more unfingered intonation holes near the bottom of the kaval. As a wooden rim-blown flute, kaval is similar to the ''kawala'' of the Arab world and ''ney'' of the Middle East. Construction While typically made of wood ( cornel cherry, apricot, plum, boxwood, mountain ash, etc.), kavals are also made from water buffalo horn, ''Arundo donax'' 1753 (Persian reed), metal and plastic. A kaval made without joints is usually mounted on a wooden holder, which prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of . It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, and Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
