Racoviță
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Раковица (Rakovica), from ракъ (rakŭ, “crayfish”) + -ов (-ov, possessive suffix) + -ица (-ica, deadjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrakovit͡sə]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Racoviță m (genitive/dative lui Racoviță)
- a surname — famously held by:
- Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), the Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and explorer of Antarctica who gave his name to the village of Emil Racoviță
Further reading
Racoviță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ro- Emil Racoviță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ro
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.