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Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
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Wanka, Wanke,
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Wenzel,
Wentzel,
Więcław,
Wacław Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of cz, Václav, Latinized as Wenceslaus.
For etymology and cognates in other languages, see Wenceslaus.
It may refer to:
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Vaněk (feminine Vaňková) is a
Czech language surname that is a diminutive of the name
Václav Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav.
Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda
For ...
or Veceslav, which means "greater glory", from the
Old Slavic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic literary language.
Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with standardizing the language and using it in translating the Bible and other ...
elements ' "greater" and ' "glory".
[''Dictionary of American Family Names'']
"Vacek Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 14 January 2016. Alternative spellings of the name include Vaněk, Vaňková, Vankova, and Wanek. The name may refer to:
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Chase Wright Vanek
''Halloween II'' is a 2009 American slasher film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. The film is a sequel to Zombie's 2007 remake of 1978's ''Halloween'' and the tenth installment in the ''Halloween'' franchise. The story follows ...
(born 1996), American actor
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Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek (born June 1, 1952) is an American poet.
Life
She was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 1989, she moved with her family to Duluth, Minnesota. She now divides her time between Minnesota and New Mex ...
(born 1952), American poet
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František Vaněk
František Vaněk (3 December 1931 – 2 September 2020) was a Czech ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Vaněk was born in Uherský Ostroh, Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськослов ...
(born 1931), Czech ice hockey player
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Jan Vaněk (born 1979), Czech athlete
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Jaroslav Vanek
Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin.
There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...
(1930–2017), American economist
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Jean-Pierre Vanek
Jean-Pierre Vanek (born 19 January 1969) is a Luxembourgian footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footbal ...
(born 1969), Luxembourgian footballer
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Jiří Vaněk (tennis) (born 1978), Czech tennis player
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Joe Vaněk Joe Vaněk is an opera designer and director. He began working in Ireland in 1984, where he became noted for his work on the plays of Brian Friel. Nominated for two Tony Awards on Broadway for his set of '' Dancing at Lughnasa'' he was Director of ...
(born 1948), British opera designer and director
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Karel Vaněk
Karel Vaněk (19 May 1895 – 24 February 1958), was a Czech chess player, unofficial Chess Olympiad team gold medal winner (1924).
Biography
In the first half of the 1920s Karel Vaněk was one of Czechoslovakia's leading chess players. He has ...
(1895–1958), Czech chess master
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Kateřina Vaňková (born 1989), Czech tennis player
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Ludmila Vaňková
Ludmila Vaňková (27 May 1927 – 3 February 2022) was a Czech writer.(1990) 17 Science Fiction Studies 5Google Books/ref>
She is the author of the ''Lev a růže'' tetralogy
A tetralogy (from Greek τετρα- ''tetra-'', "four" and -λο ...
, Czech writer
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Margit Vanek
Margit Vanek (born 25 February 1986 in Budapest), is a Hungarian professional triathlete, number 5 of the 2010 Hungarian ''Ranglista,'' and the Aquathlon World Champion of the year 2010.
Vanek also takes part in non ITU races, e.g. the first '' ...
(born 1986), Hungarian athlete
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Miroslav Wanek
Miroslav Wanek (, born 7 April 1962) is a Czech musician, poet, and lyricist. He is the frontman for the avant-garde punk rock group Už jsme doma, in which he has served as lead vocalist since 1986, bassist from 1986 to 1988, guitarist and k ...
(born 1962), Czech writer
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Ollie Vanek
Ollie Charles Vanek (August 23, 1908 — June 29, 2000) was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. He is best known as the talent-spotter who discovered future Baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial for the St. Louis Cardinals ...
(1908–2000), American baseball player and manager
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Ondřej Vaněk (born 1990), Czech footballer
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Richard Vaněk (born 1991), Czech footballer
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Ronald G. Wanek
Ronald G. Wanek (born 1941) is an American billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Ashley Furniture Industries.
Early life
Wanek grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota, where his grandfather and great uncle built furniture as a ...
(born 1941), American businessman
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Šárka Vaňková
Šárka Vaňková (born 30 October 1987) is a Czech singer.
Biography
She was born in Chrudim and raised in Jirkov. She was a contestant on ''Česko hledá SuperStar'' (aka Pop Idol) in 2004. After finishing in second place with 621,235 votes, V ...
(born 1987), Czech singer
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Thomas Vanek (born 1984), Austrian ice hockey player
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Todd R. Wanek (born 1963), American businessman
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Zdeněk Vaněk (born 1968), Czech handball player
Fiction
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Ferdinand Vaněk
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...
, fictional character in the works of Václav Havel and other
See also
*
Vanek (disambiguation)
References
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Czech-language surnames
Slavic-language surnames