Blonsky is an

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. Feminine forms: Blonska (Блонська, Ukrainian), Blonskaya (Блонская, Russian, Belarusian). The surnames Blonsky,

Oblonsky Oblonsky (masculine), Oblonskaya (feminine) is a Russian-language surname, see " Blonsky" for its etymology. Notable people with this surname include: * (1924-2010), Russian writer *Shane Oblonsky (born 1985), American kickboxer *Prince Stepan (Sti ...

Obolonsky Obolonsky (masculine), Obolonskaya (feminine) is a Russian-language surname, see " Blonsky" for its etymology. Notable people with this surname include: * (1856-1913), Ukrainian (Russian Empire) professor of legal medicine, dean of the medical de ...

may be derived from various placenames Блонь , Облонь , Оболонь. И. М Ганжина , ''Словарь современных русских фамилий'', 2001
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'', the terms блонье, oболонье, among other meanings, referred to a kind of wet

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by river (in Western parts of the

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), as well as the surrounds of a town, a

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; - all originating from the generic meaning of "surrounding"."БЛОНА"
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Błoński Błoński, feminine Błońska (plural: Błońscy) is a Polish-language toponymic surname associated with any of the places named Błonie, in particular, the city of Błonie. Błoński is a Polish nobility family name of the Biberstein coat of arms h ...

of similar origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Lyudmyla Blonska, Ukrainian athlete *

Nikki Blonsky Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and internet personality. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film ''Hairspray'' (2007), for which she won two Critics' Choice Awards and received nominati ...

(born 1988), American actress and singer * Pavel Petrovich Blonsky (1884–1941), Soviet psychologist *

Seraphima Blonskaya Seraphima Iasonovna Blonskaya (Leontovskaya) (russian: Блонская, Серафима Иасоновна, 3 October 1870 – 9 August 1947) was a Russian artist and art teacher. Seraphima Blonskaya was born on October 3, 1870 in Verkhnodni ...

(1870-1947), Russian artist and art teacher. Fictional character: * Emil Blonsky (a.k.a. The Abomination), a fictional supervillain and enemy of The Incredible Hulk

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