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Vukov ( sr, Вуков) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, related to the male given name Vuk, meaning wolf. Notable people with this surname include: * Borivoj Vukov (1929–2010), Serbian wrestler * Stefano Vukov (born 1987), Croatian tennis coach * Tina Vukov (born 1988), Croatian singer * Vice Vukov (1936–2008), Croatian singer and politician See also * Vukov Spomenik, Belgrade, Serbia * Vukov sabor Vukov sabor ( sr, Вуков сабор, Vukov sabor), also known as Vuk's Convocation or Vuk's Fair, is the oldest and most massive cultural event in Serbia. It was named after the reformer of the Serbian language Vuk Karadžić. The central pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuk (name)
Vuk ( sr-cyr, Вук) () is a male Slavic given name, predominantly recorded among Serbs as well as Croatians, Macedonians, Montenegrins Montenegrins ( cnr, Црногорци, Crnogorci, or ; lit. "Black Mountain People") are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common Montenegrin culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Genetics Accordin ..., Slovenes. The name literally means "wolf". Vuk Karadžić, 19th-century Serbian philologist and ethnographer, explained the traditional, apotropaic use of the name: a woman who had lost several babies in succession, would name her newborn son Vuk, because it was believed that the witches, who "ate" the babies, were afraid to attack the wolves. In the Serbian epic poetry, the wolf is a symbol of fearlessness. Vuk was the 17th most popular name for boys in Serbia in the period 2003–2005. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly understood, comprise wild subspecies. The wolf is the largest extant member of the family Canidae. It is also distinguished from other ''Canis'' species by its less pointed ears and muzzle, as well as a shorter torso and a longer tail. The wolf is nonetheless related closely enough to smaller ''Canis'' species, such as the coyote and the golden jackal, to produce fertile hybrids with them. The banded fur of a wolf is usually mottled white, brown, gray, and black, although subspecies in the arctic region may be nearly all white. Of all members of the genus ''Canis'', the wolf is most specialized for cooperative game hunting as demonstrated by its physical adaptations to tackling large prey, its more social nature, and its highly advanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borivoj Vukov
Borivoje Vukov (July 8, 1929 – July 1, 2010) was a Serbian wrestler who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Senta and died in Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ... References External links * * * 1929 births 2010 deaths Serbian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Yugoslavia Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Yugoslav male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Senta World Wrestling Championships medalists Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling {{Yugoslavia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Vukov
Stefano Vukov (born 27 March 1987) is a Croatian tennis coach. He has coached Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player Elena Rybakina since 2019. Early life and playing career Vukov was born in Rijeka, Croatia. His mother is a dentist and his father is a software engineer. He started playing tennis at age 12 and went to attend college while aspiring to play professional tennis. Vukov played mostly on the ITF Futures Circuit, reaching a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of No. 1122 in 2007, and retired in 2009. A couple years later, he began to coach professionally at a tennis facility in Florida, working with future WTA Tour players including Sachia Vickery, Renata Zarazúa, and Anhelina Kalinina. Coaching career In February 2019, Elena Rybakina, then ranked just within the WTA's top 200, hired Vukov to replace Moscow-based Andrei Chesnokov as her first traveling coach. Rybakina credited Vukov, known for his analytic expertise, with helping to impr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Vukov
Tina Vukov (born 22 December 1988) is a Croatian singer. Music career At the age of fourteen Vukov signed a record deal with Croatia Records. In early 2004 she participated at Dora 2004, the selection show to decide Croatia's Eurovision Song Contest 2004 entry with the song "Tuga dolazi kasnije". Placing eighth in the first semi-final she failed to advance to the final. Two years later, in 2006, Vukov participated at Dora 2006 with the song "Il treno per Genova". She placed first in the first semi-final and later placed third in the final. Later that year Vukov's debut album ''Tuga dolazi kasnije'' was released. Vukov participated at Dora for a third time in 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ... with the song "Tata". In the same year she won her first Porin Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Vukov
Vinko "Vice" Vukov (3 August 1936 – 24 September 2008) was a Croatian singer and politician. Biography Vukov was born in Šibenik. In 1959, he achieved instant fame by winning the Opatija Music Festival in his singing debut, with the song "Mirno teku rijeke" (). During the 1960s, he was one of the most popular singers in Yugoslavia, appearing at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song " Brodovi" () and at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song " Čežnja" (). In the aftermath of the 1971 Croatian Spring movement, he was branded a Croatian nationalist by Yugoslav authorities and had his apartment searched by the police during the 1972 wave of arrests of Croatian Spring leaders. Vukov was touring Australia at the time. His wife warned him not to return to Yugoslavia to avoid arrest, so instead he went to live in France, returning to Yugoslavia four years later in 1976. By that time, the authorities had lost interest in his case, but his singing career was effectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vukov Spomenik
Vukov Spomenik or colloquially Vuk ( sr-cyr, Вуков Споменик; en, The Vuk Monument) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located on the tripoint of Belgrade's municipalities of Zvezdara, Palilula and Vračar, and served by the underground Vukov Spomenik railway station. Location Vukov Spomenik is located on the crossroad of the Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and ''Ruzveltova'' street, in the valley between the north-eastern slopes of the Vračar and western slopes of the Zvezdara hills. It borders the neighborhoods of Tašmajdan on the west and Palulula and Hadžipopovac on the north (in Palilula municipality), Slavujev Venac on the north-east and Đeram on the north (in Zvezdara municipality) and Krunski Venac and Kalenić in the south. History Below the modern monument and railway station, there is an underground water well, sort of a "twin" of the better known Roman Well in the Belgrade Fortress. The well was built on the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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