Trnka (feminine Trnková) is a
Czech
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** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
habitational surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. , meaning a person who lived by a
blackthorn
''Prunus spinosa'', called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. The species is native to Europe, western Asia, and regionally in northwest Africa. It is locally naturalized in New Zealand, Tasmania, ...
bush, or ''trnka'' in Czech.
[''Dictionary of American Family Names'']
"Trnka Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016. The name may refer to:
* Jaroslav Trnka (born 1983), Czech physicist, one of the authors who introduced
amplituhedron
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Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka (; 24 February 1912 – 30 December 1969) was a Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director.
In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is best kn ...
(1912–1969), Czech puppet maker
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Jiří Trnka (footballer) (1926–2005), Czech football player
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Johann Trnka (died 1950), Austrian murderer
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Margareta Trnková-Hanne (born 1976), Czech athlete
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Pavel Trnka (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
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Věra Trnková (1934–2018), Czech mathematician
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Veronika Trnková (born 1995), Czech volleyball player
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Wenzel Trnka Wenzel Trnka von Krzowitz (Czech: Václav Trnka z Křovic; 1739–1791) was a physician, professor, and amateur composer of the 18th century.
Life
He was born 16 October 1739 in Tábor in Bohemia. In 1769, during his medical studies, the famous p ...
(1739–1791), Bohemian physician
References
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Czech-language surnames