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WENCESLAS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: History

Pronounced: WEN-səs-laws (English)   [key]

Means "more glory" from the Slavic elements ventie "more" and slav "glory". Saint Wenceslas was a 10th-century duke of Bohemia murdered by his brother. He is the patron saint of the Czech Republic. This was also the name of several Bohemian kings.
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