Sluka (Czech and Slovak feminine: Sluková) is a Czech and Slovak surname, derived from ''sluka'' meaning "

woodcock The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus ''Scolopax''. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders. The English name ...

", and originating either as a name for a shy, nervous person, or as an occupational name for a fowler.''Dictionary of American Family Names''
"Sluka Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016. The name may refer to: * Anton Sluka, Slovak athlete * Bohdan Sluka (born 1988), Ukrainian football player *

Branislav Sluka Branislav Sluka (born 23 January 1999) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Dynamo České Budějovice on loan from Žilina of the Slovak Super Liga. Club career MŠK Žilina Sluka made his professional Slovak Super ...

(born 1999), Slovak football player * Luboš Sluka (born 1928), Czech composer * Marián Sluka (born 1979), Slovak football player *

Markéta Sluková Markéta Sluková (; born 28 June 1988) is a Czech beach volleyball player. Sluková competed on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and was named the FIVB World Tour Top Rookie in 2010. In addition to being consistently ranked among the top fi ...

(born 1988), Czech beach volleyball player * Veronika Sluková (born 1998), Slovak football player *

Wilhelm J. Sluka __NOTOC__ Wilhelm J. Sluka or the Conditorei Sluka is a famous and café in Vienna, and a traditional k.u.k. Hoflieferant. It is located at Rathausplatz 8 (previously Reichsratsstrasse 13) in the Districts of Vienna, first district of Vienna, ...

(1861–1932), Austrian businessman

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{{surname, Sluka, Sluková Czech-language surnames Slovak-language surnames

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