Vlad
See also: VLAD
English
editEtymology
editCommon Romanian male given name, sometimes used as a short form of Vladimir, but more commonly a hypocorism of Vladislav. It is also found as Czech and Slovak surname.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /vlæd/
Proper noun
editVlad
- A male given name.
- An abbreviation of Vladimir (in English, not in Russian; see usage notes).
- (rare) An abbreviation of Vladislav.
Usage notes
edit- The Russian male name Влади́мир (Vladímir) is never abbreviated as Влад (Vlad) in Russian; the common abbreviations are Воло́дя (Volódja) or Во́ва (Vóva). The Russian Влад (Vlad) is an abbreviation of Владисла́в (Vladisláv) or a name on its own.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vlad”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Romanian
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- English terms derived from Slovak
- English 1-syllable words
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (rule)
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English terms with rare senses
- English diminutives of male given names