"Wenceslaus" meaning in English

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Proper name

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Etymology: Latinization of a Slavic (Old Czech) name, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slava (“fame, glory”)). Doublet of Vyacheslav. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sla}} Slavic, {{der|en|zlw-ocs|-}} Old Czech, {{af|sla-pro|*vęťьjь|*slava|nocat=1|t1=greater, more|t2=fame, glory}} *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slava (“fame, glory”), {{der|en|sla-pro|*Vęťeslavъ|pos=from <i class="Latn mention" lang="sla-pro">*vęťьjь</i> (“greater, more”) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="sla-pro">*slava</i> (“fame, glory”)}} Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slava (“fame, glory”)), {{doublet|en|Vyacheslav}} Doublet of Vyacheslav Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wenceslaus
  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages. Wikipedia link: Wenceslaus Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Christmas Categories (place): Czech Republic Related terms: Wenceslas Translations (male given name): Вячасла́ў (Vjačasláŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), Вацлав (Vaclav) (Bulgarian), Václav [masculine] (Czech), Věnceslav [masculine] (Czech), Venceslao (Esperanto), Vensil [masculine] (Faroese), Venceslas [masculine] (French), Wenceslao [masculine] (Galician), Wenzel [masculine] (German), Wenzeslaus [masculine] (German), Vencel (Hungarian), Venceslao [masculine] (Italian), ヴァーツラフ (Vātsurafu) (Japanese), Венцислав (Vencislav) [masculine] (Macedonian), Wacław [masculine] (Polish), Venceslau [masculine] (Portuguese), Wenceslau [masculine] (Portuguese), Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv) [masculine] (Russian), Vaclav [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Вацлав [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Václav [masculine] (Slovak), Wenceslao [masculine] (Spanish), Venceslao (Spanish), В'ячесла́в (Vʺjačesláv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Венцесла́в (Vencesláv) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Wenceslao"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Venceslao"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Vʺjačesláv",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "В'ячесла́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Vencesláv",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Венцесла́в"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wenceslaus"
}

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