"Pugach" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Pugaches [plural]
Etymology: From Ukrainian or Russian Пугач (Pugač), or from Polish Puchacz; Literally, “owl”. Etymology templates: {{der|en|uk|-}} Ukrainian, {{der|en|ru|Пугач}} Russian Пугач (Pugač), {{der|en|pl|Puchacz}} Polish Puchacz, {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|owl}} “owl”, {{lit|owl}} Literally, “owl” Head templates: {{en-proper noun|+}} Pugach (plural Pugaches)
  1. A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
    Sense id: en-Pugach-en-name-Cm2OFACZ Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 20 20 13 23 13
  2. A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
    Burton N. Pugach (1927–2020), disbarred American lawyer
    Sense id: en-Pugach-en-name-KLz3yvmJ Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 20 20 13 23 13
  3. A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
    Burton N. Pugach (1927–2020), disbarred American lawyer
    Linda Eleanor Pugach (née Riss, 1937–2013), hired-blinding victim and, later, wife of Burton N. Pugach
    Sense id: en-Pugach-en-name-tshLQv7h Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 20 20 13 23 13
  4. A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
    Leon Pugach (born 1972), Israeli male badminton player
    Sense id: en-Pugach-en-name-W0-ZBXQi Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 20 20 13 23 13
  5. A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
    Alina Pugach (born 1993), Israeli female badminton player
    Sense id: en-Pugach-en-name-EAdV8lrV Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 20 21 10 29 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 16 16 8 44 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 20 20 13 23 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 18 18 13 27 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 11 12 15 11 38 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 13 13 13 13 34 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 5 10 12 5 63 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 16 16 16 16 21 16
  6. A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
    Yuval Pugach (born 2001), Israeli female badminton player
    Sense id: en-Pugach-en-name-BtOaUJX- Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 20 20 13 23 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (surname from Hebrew): پوجاتش (Pugač) (Arabic), Puqaç (Azerbaijani), 普加奇 (Pǔjiāqí) (Chinese Mandarin), פוגץ (Hebrew)
Disambiguation of 'surname from Hebrew': 17 17 17 17 17 17

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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "Pugač",
      "sense": "surname from Hebrew",
      "word": "پوجاتش"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "surname from Hebrew",
      "word": "Puqaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "Pǔjiāqí",
      "sense": "surname from Hebrew",
      "word": "普加奇"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "surname from Hebrew",
      "word": "פוגץ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pugach"
}

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