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Vlad The Monk
Vlad is a Romanian male given name. It is more commonly a nativized hypocorism of Vladislav and can also be used as a surname. It may refer to: Given name People * Vlad I of Wallachia (), ''voivode'' (prince) of Wallachia * Vlad II Dracul (before 1395 â€“ 1448), ''voivode'' of Wallachia * Vlad the Impaler (1428/31 â€“ 1476/77), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad III, inspiration for the character Count Dracula * Vlad Călugărul (before 1425? â€“ 1495), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad IV, half-brother of Vlad the Impaler * Vlad cel Tânăr (1494–1512), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad V * Vlad VI ÃŽnecatul (c. 1508 â€“ 1532), ''voivode'' of Wallachia * Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina (died 1535), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad VII * Vlad Achim (born 1989), Romanian footballer * Vlad Bădălicescu (born 1988), Romanian rugby union footballer * Vlad Bujor (born 1989), Romanian footballer * Vlad ChiricheÈ™ (born 1989), Romanian footballer * Vlad Danale (born ...
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Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ...
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Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Alvino Guerrero Sr. (born February 9, 1975), nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos (–), Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (–), Texas Rangers (), and Baltimore Orioles (). A nine-time All-Star, Guerrero was widely recognized for his impressive offensive production — regularly hitting for power and average — as well as his defensive range and strong throwing arm. In 2004, he was voted the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP). Guerrero helped lead the Angels to five AL West championships between 2004 and 2009 and was voted one of the most feared hitters in baseball in a 2008 poll of all 30 major league managers. Regarded as the game's premier "bad-ball hitter", Guerrero consistently hit balls thrown well outside the strike zone, a skill evident on August 14, 2009, when ...
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Vlad Rusu
Vlad Rusu (born 22 June 1990, in ConstanÅ£a) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker for Viitorul Târgu Jiu. Club career On 22 May 2009 Rusu played his first match in Steaua's shirt against FC TimiÈ™oara FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Paki .... In July 2009 was sent to the second team. In June 2011, Rusu left Steaua II. References FC Viitorul l-a transferat pe Vlad Rusu€š telegrafonline.ro, 7 January 2016 External links * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from ConstanÈ›a Romanian footballers Association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players FC Steaua BucureÈ™ti players FC Steaua II BucureÈ™ti players FC Viitorul ConstanÈ›a players LPS HD Clinceni players FC Petrolul PloieÈ™ti players CS Luceafărul Oradea players A ...
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Vlad Olteanu
Vlad Alexandru Olteanu (born 21 March 1996) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a left back. Honours ;FC Voluntari *Romanian Supercup: 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ... References External links * * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Brașov Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Dinamo București players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players FC Voluntari players ACS Poli Timișoara players CS Concordia Chiajna players SR Brașov players Romania under-21 international footballers {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub ...
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Vlad Nistor (rugby Union)
Vlad Alexandru Nistor (born 26 March 1994) is a Romanian international rugby union player. He was a replacement player at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Early life Nistor was born in Gura Humorului, he began playing rugby at a young age, after following the family tradition in the sport. He captained majority of all his junior sides he played for, and at 18 he would make his way to France for a contract with the Academy of Rugby those at Castres Olympique, who had then just won the Top 14 title in one of the strongest leagues in Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel .... References 1994 births Living people People from Gura Humorului Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Rugby union flankers {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-s ...
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Vlad Muțiu
Vlad Ionuț Muțiu (born 2 February 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club FC Hermannstadt Asociația Fotbal Club Hermannstadt (), commonly known as FC Hermannstadt, Hermannstadt or familiarly as Sibiu (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt), Sibiu County, which currently compete .... Honours Dinamo București * Cupa României runner-up: 2015–16 References External links * * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Baia Mare Romanian footballers Association football goalkeepers Romania youth international footballers Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Dinamo București players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players FCV Farul Constanța players FC Universitatea Cluj players FC Hermannstadt players {{Romania-footy-goalkeeper-stub ...
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Vlad Munteanu
Vlad Ioan Munteanu (born 16 January 1981) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Munteanu came up through his hometown club FCM Bacău. He then moved to Dinamo București. He spent six years there appearing in over 90 matches. He also had brief loan spells at Poiana Câmpina and FC Naţional București. In 2006, he signed with Energie Cottbus of the German Bundesliga. In the summer of 2007 he was signed by VfL Wolfsburg, along with Sergiu Radu. Over the next three years, Munteanu was unable to establish himself at Wolfsburg and was loaned out to AJ Auxerre, Arminia Bielefeld, and FSV Frankfurt. In January 2011, he ended his contract with Wolfsburg and signed a deal for six months with his old club, Dinamo București. International career He has appeared in one international match in 2002 against Greece. Personal life His father, Ion was also a footballer who played for FCM Bacău and Universitatea Cluj and has over 250 Liga I app ...
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Vlad Morar
Vlăduț Călin Morar (born 1 August 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Farul Constanța. In his career, Morar also played for teams such as Universitatea Cluj, Petrolul Ploiești, Rapid București, Panetolikos, UTA Arad or Dinamo București among others. Club career Universitatea Cluj Morar was the most efficient player of the 2010–11 season, after scoring 1 goal in just 1 minute of play. Petrolul Ploiești He moved to Petrolul Ploiești in the 2012 summer transfer window, after a mass of players from Universitatea Cluj signed with the "Yellow Wolves". Panetolikos On 31 July 2017 he signed a three-year contract with Panetolikos. On 26 August 2017 he scored his first goal in a 2-2 home draw against Atromitos. On 19 November 2017 he scored with a sensational shot in a 1-1 away draw against PAS Giannina, which earned him the best goal award for matchday 11. On 26 November 2017 Morar scored in a 3-1 home win against AEL, wh ...
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Vlad Moldoveanu
Vlad-Sorin Moldoveanu (born February 11, 1988) is a Romanian professional basketball player who last played for CSO Voluntari. He also represents the Romanian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. Early life Moldoveanu, a 6'9" forward from Bucharest, is the son of former Romanian women's basketball player Carmen Tocală (born 1962). College career After earning All-Metropolitan honors at St. John's College High School in Washington, DC, he began playing college basketball at George Mason University, where he played sparingly and averaged 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game over two seasons. He then transferred to American University, where he enjoyed a breakout junior year. Moldoveanu averaged 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game and was named first team All-Patriot League. As a senior in 2010–11, he increased his scoring to 20.1 per game and was again named first team all-conference. In his last year of c ...
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Vlad Miriță
Vlad Miriță or Vlad (born 2 August 1981 in Târgoviște; ) is a Romanian pop and opera singer. He represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. At age 16, Vlad began formal training in music. Throughout his education, he worked with the Armonia Valahă Choir and performed at various national and international events. After receiving private lessons from the famed Maestro Corneliu Fănățeanu in 2001, he joined an Eastern European chamber choir called Madrigal. Vlad went on to win several contests, including Mamaia, the National Pop Festival, in 2002 and was a runner-up in the 2005 International Tenor Voices festival "Traian Grozăvescu", which was held in Lugoj. In 2007 and 2008, Vlad was honored as a scholarship holder of the Opera House Bucharest. On 20 May 2008 Vlad performed the duet "Pe-o margine de lume" with Nico, another Romanian singer, as that country's entry in the final for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2015 the singer was chosen by Walt Disney P ...
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DJ Vlad
Vladimir Lyubovny (russian: Владимир Любовный; born June 28, 1973), commonly known as DJ Vlad, is an American interviewer, journalist, and former disc jockey. He is the CEO of video and news website VladTV.com. His YouTube channel, djvlad, features his interviews of multiple music artists and entertainers and currently has over five million subscribers. He has also produced and directed films. He currently lives in Calabasas, California. Early life Lyubovny was born in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) to a Russian Jewish family and moved to the United States at the age of five, first living in Springfield, Massachusetts before his family settled down in San Mateo, California. Lyubovny became interested in hip hop in his youth when N.W.A released their debut album. Career Lyubovny was initially making hip hop beats, but later quit when he realized he would not be successful at it. He began DJing after experimenting with a friend's equipment. In a 201 ...
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Vlado Kreslin
Vlado Kreslin (born 29 November 1953) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. Life and work Kreslin was born in the village of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He began his musical career in his student years, first coming to acclaim as the lead singer with the rock group ''Martin Krpan''. He later continued playing a mixture of Slovene folk and rock music with the ''Beltinška Banda'', a folk group from his native village, whose other members were all over 70 years old, and the group ''Mali Bogovi''. Both groups (with him) often perform together, mixing several generations onstage together. Today he is one of the best-known and highly esteemed Slovenian musicians and songwriters, drawing on Slovene folk and ethnic heritage, occupying his own niche in the Slovenian music scene. He has been referred to as an ethno-revivalist for his modernization of Slovenian folk songs such as "All the Wreaths Have Wilted". Modern Sloveni ...
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