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" in most Slavic languages.
People
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Jan Łoś (born 2000), Polish footballer
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Jerzy Łoś (1920–1998), Polish mathematician and logician
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Ludwik Łoś (1914–1995), Polish footballer
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Urszula Łoś (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 t ...
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*Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los, a character from the Russian science fiction novel
Aelita and film with the same name
See also
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{{Surname, Los, Łoś
Polish-language surnames
Czech-language surnames
Slovak-language surnames
Ukrainian-language surnames