Sokol
English edit
Etymology edit
From several Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ (“falcon”).
Proper noun edit
Sokol (plural Sokols)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sokol is the 6158th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5559 individuals. Sokol is most common among White (95.66%) individuals.
Noun edit
Sokol (plural Sokols)
- A Czech gymnastic society, once associated with Czech nationalism; a branch or member of this organisation.
- 2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 144:
- Under the eyes of the authorities and the gendarmerie those Sokols were multiplying in the interior of the kingdom.