Krakauer
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Krakauer is a German
word meaning "from Krakau", referring to the Polish city Kraków
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German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
word meaning "from Krakau", referring to the Polish city Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
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- Siegfried KracauerSiegfried KracauerSiegfried Kracauer was a German-Jewish writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist...
(1889–1966), German journalist, sociologist, and film critic - David KrakauerDavid KrakauerDavid Krakauer is an American clarinetist. He is a graduate of the High School of Music & Art, class of 1974. He is mostly known for his klezmer compositions. He became involved with klezmer music in the late 1980s while working as a classical musician, joining The Klezmatics...
, American clarinetist - Jon KrakauerJon KrakauerJon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writing about the outdoors and mountain-climbing...
(1954–), American non-fiction author and mountaineer - Krakauer BrothersKrakauer BrothersKrakauer Brothers, also known as Krakauer, was an American manufacturer of handmade, high-quality pianos, founded 1869 in New York City by the Jewish immigrant Simon Krakauer, his son David and his brother Julius....
, an American piano manufacturer - Krakauer, a type of kielbasa; also known as a KrakowskaKrakowskaKrakowska is a type of Polish sausage , usually served as a cold cut. The name derives from South-East Poland’s city of Kraków . It is made from cuts of lean pork, seasoned with pepper, allspice, coriander, and garlic, packed into large casings, and smoked...
- Andrew J. KrakouerAndrew J. KrakouerAndrew James Krakouer is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League . He previously played for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL and played for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League .-Early life:Krakouer is the son...
(1983–), Australian rules footballer, son of Jim Krakouer - Jim KrakouerJim KrakouerJames Gordon "Jim" Krakouer was an Australian rules footballer in the 1980s for North Melbourne and St Kilda in the VFL and Claremont in the WAFL...
(1958–) and Phil KrakouerPhil KrakouerPhillip Brent "Phil" Krakouer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club during the 1980s. Notable for his speed, freakish skills and an uncanny ability to pass the ball to his brother, Jim Krakouer, who also played for North Melbourne...
(1960–), a.k.a. The Krakouer Brothers, Australian rules footballers - Nathan KrakouerNathan KrakouerNathan Krakouer is an Australian Rules Footballer and an Indigenous Australian. He is the nephew of former North Melbourne football players Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer and cousin of current Collingwood player Andrew Krakouer....
(1988–), Australian rules footballer, nephew of Jim and Phil Krakouer and cousin of Andrew Krakouer