Chalupa (surname)
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Chalupa is a Czech
and Slavic
surname
. In the Czech language
, the word means "rural house." In Polish
, and Ukrainian, written Chałupa, it approximates to "house" in rural slang.
Chalupa is a Czech
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
and Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
surname
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
. In the Czech language
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, the word means "rural house." In Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
, and Ukrainian, written Chałupa, it approximates to "house" in rural slang.
People
- Milan ChalupaMilan ChalupaMilan Chalupa is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 14 games for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League.Chalupa began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava...
, Czech ice hockey player - Tomáš Chalupa, Czech politician
- Václav ChalupaVáclav ChalupaVáclav Chalupa, Jr. is a Czech rower who competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a silver medal in 1992 behind Thomas Lange in the single scull....
, Czech rower