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Wenceslaus (other)
Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are german: Wenzel, pl, Wacław, Więcesław, Wieńczysław, es, Wenceslao, pt, Venceslau, russian: Vyacheslav, hr, Vjenceslav, lt, Venckus among others. It is an archaic Polish male given name descending from the Polish word Węzel/Wenzel, Latinised as Wenceslaus spelling for Czech rulers called Vaclav. It is a very old Lechitic word and name also used in other West Slavic languages such as Czech Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words ''veli/vyache/więce/više'' ("great(er), large(r)"), and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic names. It roughly means "greater glory". Latinised name Wenceslaus corresponds to several West Slavic, Lechitic given names, such as Wieceslaw, Wiecejslav, Wieńczysław/Vienceslav, Vjenceslav, Wenzel, Węzel, Wacław/Vaclav and a few more. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/'' Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - cute) * Names containing the root of the name of a pagan deities (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventaragis'', ''Veleslava'') A number of names from Slavic roots appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenceslaus I, Duke Of Luxembourg
Wenceslaus I (also ''Wenceslas'', ''Venceslas'', ''Wenzel'', or ''Václav'', often called Wenceslaus of Bohemia in chronicles) (25 February 1337 – 7 December 1383) was the first Duke of Luxembourg from 1354. He was the son of John the Blind, King of Bohemia, and Beatrice of Bourbon. Life Beatrice of Bourbon, gave birth to her only child, Duke Wenceslaus I, on February 25, 1337, in Prague. In 1353 Charles IV King of Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg and elected Holy Roman King, entrusted the county, their father's inheritance, to his half-brother Wenceslaus. In 1352, Wenceslaus married Joanna (1322 – 1406), daughter of John III, Duke of Brabant and Limburg, and Marie d'Évreux. In 1354 Charles raised Luxembourg to the status of a duchy. In 1355, Joanna inherited Brabant and Limburg. In order to guarantee the indivisibility of Brabant, Wenceslaus signed the Joyous Entry, but had to fight against his brother-in-law Louis II of Flanders, who asserted his share of the duchy. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyacheslav
Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (russian: Вячеслав, Vjačeslav ; uk, В'ячеслав, V"jačeslav ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian language, Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацлаў (transliterated ''Viačasłaŭ/Vacłaŭ'', or ''Viachaslau/Vaclau''), Croatian language, Croatian ''Vjenceslav'', Czech language, Czech ''Václav'' and Polish language, Polish ''Wacław'' and Wieńczysław, which is Latinisation of names, Latinised as ''Wenceslaus''. It is a Slavic dithematic name (that is, composed of two lexemes) derived from the Slavic words ''vyache'', "great(er)", and ''slava'', "glory, fame". A common short form is ''Slava''. Notable people Notable people with the given name Vyacheslav include: Academia * Vyacheslav Ivanov (philologist), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929-2017), Russian philologist and scholar specialising in Indo-European studies * Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lebedev (1930–2010), Soviet an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venckus
Venskus or Venckus, a common Lithuanian surname, is the shortened Lithuanian translation of the Polish name, Wenceslaus. Wenceslaus II (1271-1305), King of Bohemia, crowned himself King of Poland in 1300. In an attempt to strengthen the power of the Crown, Wenceslaus II undertook a series of initiatives to undermine provincial authority in Lithuania. Such policies threatened the very existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The name Venskus has served to strengthen the inherent natural rivalry between Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ... and Lithuania, particularly in the Interwar period. The feminine version of this surname would be Venskutė/Venckutė (unmarried), Venckienė/Venskienė (married). {{Surname Surnames Lithuanian-language surnames< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventsislav
Ventsislav (Bulgarian: Венцислав) is a Bulgarian-language masculine given name. The feminine form is Ventsislava (Bulgarian: Венцислава). It is a variant of the name Wenceslaus, meaning "great glory". The name day for this name in Bulgaria is 27 December. People * Ventsislav Aldev (Bulgarian: Венцислав Алдев: born 11 August 1977), Bulgarian footballer *Ventsislav Aydarski (Bulgarian: Венцислав Айдарски: born 17 February 1991), Bulgarian swimmer *Ventsislav Bengyuzov (Bulgarian: Венцислав Бенгюзов; born on 22 January 1991), Bulgarian footballer *Ventsislav Bonev (Bulgarian: Венцислав Бонев; born 8 May 1980), Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender *Ventsislav Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Венцислав Димитров; born 27 March 1988), Bulgarian footballer *Ventsislav Hristov (Bulgarian: Венцислав Христов; born 9 November 1988), Bulgarian footballer *Ventsislav Ivanov (Bulgarian: В ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Višeslav
Višeslav ( sr-Cyrl, Вишеслав) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name, a Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words ''više'' ("higher") and ''-slav'' ("glory, fame"), roughly meaning "higher glory". It may refer to: *Višeslav of Serbia, Prince of Serbia ( 780) *Višeslav of Croatia, Prince of Dalmatian Croatia ( 800–10) *Višeslav Sarić, Croatian water polo player (born 1977) See also *Vojislav Vojislav ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав, ) is a Serbian masculine given name, a Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words ''voj'' ("war, warrior"), and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), which both are very common in Slavic nam ... {{given name Slavic masculine given names Serbian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vjenceslav Novak
Vjenceslav Novak (11 September 1859 in Senj – 20 September 1905 in Zagreb) was a Croatian Realist writer, dramatist, and music historian. He was born into an emigrant Czech family, of which his mother was from an emigrant Bavarian family. He was the most successful Croatian realist writer and was known as the ''Croatian Balzac''. He finished elementary and middle school in Senj and Gospić. He also worked as a teacher in Senj for some time. He entered into literature in 1881 with his novella '' Maca''. He wrote seven novels. He published thirty novellas. Apart from stories he also wrote poetry, feuilleton, dramatic works, reviews, critiques and musical arrangements. In 1892 he initiated (jointly with Vjekoslav Klaić) the music periodical ''Gusle: Časopis za svjetovnu i crkvenu gasbu'', which he coedited with Klaić. The periodical was published only for a year, but next year he started a new journal ''Glazba: List za crkvenu i svjetovnu gazbu te dramatsku umetnost'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vjenceslav Richter
Vjenceslav Richter (; 8 April 1917 – 2 December 2002) was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design. Career In 1949, Richter graduated at the Department of Architecture of the Technical Faculty of the University of Zagreb under professor Zdenko Strižić. He was one of the founding members of the Exat 51 group whose active members between 1950 and 1956 were the architects Bernardo Bernardi, Zdravko Bregovac, Božidar Rašica and Vladimir Zaharović, and the painters Vlado Kristl, Ivan Picelj and Aleksandar Srnec. He was also a member of the New Tendencies movement (from 1961). He designed exhibition pavilions ( Bruxelles 1958, Turin and Milan), several museum buildings, and was involved in industrial and interior design. From 1962 he began to explore the medium of sculpture, which resulted in the ''Reliefmeter'' series among many other works of art. In 1955, Vjenceslav Richter organized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venceslau Brás
Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (; 26 February 1868 – 15 May 1966) was a Brazilian politician who served as ninth president of Brazil between 1914 and 1918, during the First Brazilian Republic. Brás was born in Brasópolis (formerly São Caetano da Vargem Grande), Minas Gerais State. He became governor of that state in 1909, and in 1910 he was elected vice-president under Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca. As the sixth vice president of Brazil, he also served as the President of the Senate. He was elected president in 1914 and served until 1918. His government declared war on the Central Powers in October 1917 during World War I. He was the longest-lived Brazilian president, reaching 98 years of age. Spelling of name Throughout his life Brás spelled his name ''Wenceslau Braz'', although there exist postage stamps with the spelling ''Wenceslao'' as well. The 1943 reform of Portuguese orthography stipulates that the names of deceased persons must be spelled according to standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (March 25, 1819 – April 8, 1909) was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese, derives from Old Norse. Background Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. He was a Lutheran parish priest in Kvívík and a rural dean in Nes, on the Faroese island of Eysturoy, before settling in Denmark in 1878. In addition to his contributions to the written standard of Faroese, he was also a known folklorist. During the years 1847–48, and again in 1853, he returned to the Faroes to study the dialects and to collect the native ballads and folklore, which he published in 1851–55 under the title of ''Færöiske Kvæder''. In 1854, he published a grammar of Faroese.Oskar Bandle ''et al.'', ''The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenceslaus Hanka
Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are german: Wenzel, pl, Wacław, Więcesław, Wieńczysław, es, Wenceslao, russian: Vyacheslav, hr, Vjenceslav, lt, Venckus among others. It originated as a Latin spelling for Czech rulers. It is a Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words ''veli/vyache/więce/više'' ("great(er), large(r)"), and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic names. It roughly means "greater glory". People named Wenceslaus or spelling variations thereof include: * Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935 or 929), saint and subject of the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas" * Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (died 1192) * Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (c. 1205–1253), King of Bohemia * Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271–1305), King of Bohemia and Poland * Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289–1306), King of Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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