Łoś (Polish) or Los (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, etc., also transliterated from Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Russian "Лось") is a surname meaning "

moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult ma ...

" or "

elk The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The common ...

" in most Slavic languages.

People

Jan Łoś Jan Łoś (born 20 July 2000) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a forward. On 8 May 2018, he made his Ekstraklasa debut for Arka Gdynia, as his team defeated Cracovia Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków Kra ...

(born 2000), Polish footballer *

Jerzy Łoś Jerzy Łoś (born 22 March 1920 in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) – 1 June 1998 in Warsaw) () was a Polish mathematician, logician, economist, and philosopher. He is especially known for his work in model theory, in particular for " Łoś's th ...

(1920–1998), Polish mathematician and logician *

Ludwik Łoś Ludwik Łoś (1914 – 11 November 1995) was a Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Biography Łoś was born in Vilnius in 1914, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. At the end of World War 1, the land around Vilnius was g ...

(1914–1995), Polish footballer *

Urszula Łoś Urszula Łoś (born 18 February 1994) is a Polish professional track cyclist who specializes in short-term disciplines. She won a bronze medal in women's keirin at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in London, United Kingdom. In 2019 ...

(born 1994), Polish racing cyclist

Fictional characters

*Comrade Los, a character from the novel and film ''

Alitet Leaves for the Hills ''Alitet Leaves for the Hills'' (russian: Алитет уходит в горы) is a 1949 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy. Plot The inhabitants of Chukotka were cruelly exploited before the revolution. Once Chukotka was visited by th ...

'' *Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los, a character from the Russian science fiction novel

Aelita ''Aelita'' (russian: Аэли́та, ), also known as ''Aelita: Queen of Mars'', is a 1924 Soviet silent film, silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Gorky Film Studio, Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was b ...

and film with the same name

People

Fictional characters

See also