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Re: Meaning of Vladimir
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Vladimir means "to rule with peace."
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That makes everyone's favourite Romanian hero Vlad the Impaler quite oxymoronic! (to "impale with peace" he he)
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...which is kinda what Clinton did in Kossovo...
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Speaking of that name does anyone really like it?
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I love the name Vladimir!
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Why do you love the name Vladimir?
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I understand that "Vladimir " originally came from the Arabic "Aulad-e-Emir", meaning "son of the Emir", or Prince. The "prince Vladimir " of so many romantic novels, is therefore a redundancy!
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I don't really like the name Vladimir, but if you shorten it to
Vlad, now that...I love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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