Racoviță
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Church Slavonic Раковица (Rakovica), from ракъ (rakŭ, “crayfish”) + -ов (-ov, possessive suffix) + -ица (-ica, deadjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRacoviță m (genitive/dative lui Racoviță)
- a surname — famously held by:
- Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), the Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and explorer of Antarctica who gave his name to the village of Emil Racoviță
Further reading
edit- Racoviță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ro
- Emil Racoviță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ro