Vuk (name)
Encyclopedia
Vuk is a South Slavic male given name, meaning "wolf". In earlier times it was given to weak and ill neonates so it would protect them from illness and witchcraft (see also Apotropaic magic
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Apotropaic magic
Apotropaic magic is a type of magic intended to "turn away" harm or evil influences."Apotropaic" observances may also be practiced out of vague superstition or out of tradition, as in good luck charm , or gestures like fingers crossed or knocking on wood.Apotropaic is an adjective that means...
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Notable people
- Vuk OrleVuk OrleVuk 'Crnogorac' Orle, , was the leader of a fortress town named Orlov Grad. Orlov Grad, also known as Soko Grad, is in the area of Sokolske Planine of Podrinjska...
(fl. 1330), Serbian military commander - Vuk KosačaVuk KosacaVuk Kosača was a 14th-century military commander of Dušan the Mighty, the Emperor of Serbia . He is the founding father of a medieval Herzegovinian noble family known as the Kosačas, that would later rule a semi-independent realm under the Bosnian crown...
(d. 1359), Bosnian-Serbian military commander - Vuk Branković (1345-1398), Serbian nobleman
- Vuk LazarevićVuk LazarevićVuk Lazarević was a Serbian prince and the younger son of Tsar Lazar, he was executed on July 6, 1410.He was born sometime after 1380, his older brother Stefan birth was in 1377. After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, Vuk, his brother, mother and Jefimija began to take part in the control of Serbia...
(d. 1410), Serbian royalty - Vuk GrgurevićVuk GrgurevicVuk Grgurević Branković , also known as Vuk the Fiery Dragon , was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485...
(1440-1485), Serbian despot - Vuk Krsto FrankopanVuk Krsto FrankopanVuk Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian nobleman and soldier of the Frankopan family, father of noted poet and politician Fran Krsto Frankopan. He was born about 1588....
(1578-1652), Hungarian-Croatian nobleman - Vuk Stefanović KaradžićVuk Stefanovic KaradžicVuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...
(1787–1864), Serbian linguist and reformer of Serbian languageSerbian languageSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries.... - Vojvoda VukVojin PopovićVojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk , known as Vojvoda Vuk was a Serbian voivode , that fought for the Macedonian Serb Chetniks Vojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk (Sjenica, 9 December 1881 - Kajmakčalan, 29 November 1916), known as Vojvoda Vuk was a Serbian voivode (military commander), that...
(1881-1916), Serbian military commander - Vuk DraškovićVuk DraškovicVuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968...
(b. 1946), Serbian political leader - Vuk JeremićVuk JeremicVuk Jeremić is a Serbian politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Serbia. He was sworn in on May 15, 2007 and reelected on July 7, 2008.-Education:Jeremić was born in Belgrade in 1975 to Miško Jeremić and Sena Buljubašić...
(b. 1975), current Serbian Minister of Foreign affairs
Versions
Masculine:- Vuk, Vukan, Vukadin, Vukašin, Vuki, Vukmir, Vukoman, Vukota, Vukosav, Vukota, Vuksan
Feminine:
- Vučica, Vukica, Vuka, Vukosava, Vukava, Vukadinka, Vukana, Vukinja, Vukmana, Vukmanija, Vukmila, Vukoja, Vukojla, Vukomana, Vukomanija, Vukodraga, Vukmira, Vukmirka, Vukna, Vukomanka, Vukomila, Vukomira, Vukomirka, Vukosavka, Vukoslava, Vukoslavka, Vukostana, Vuksana, Vulina, Vulka, Vučana, Vučanka
See also
- Vuk (novel), Hungarian novel
- Wolf (name)Wolf (name)Wolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name common among Native Americans and other nations.-Surname:*Alfred Wolf , German-born American navy sailor*Alice Wolf , American politician...
- Vukašin, Serbo-Croatian given name
- Vukić, Serbo-Croatian surname
Place-names:
- VukovarVukovarVukovar is a city in eastern Croatia, and the biggest river port in Croatia located at the confluence of the Vuka river and the Danube. Vukovar is the center of the Vukovar-Syrmia County...
- city in Vukovar-Srijem County, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ... - VukaVukaVuka is a river in eastern Croatia, a right tributary of the Danube river. At it is the 11th longest river in Croatia and it has a drainage area of . The river is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County, in Slavonia region. It empties into the Danube at the town of Vukovar, which got its name from the...
- river in Croatia - VukojevacVukojevacVukojevac is a village in the region of Turopolje south of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. It is situated on the eastern slopes of the Vukomeričke gorice hills and about halfway between Zagreb and Sisak adjacent to the road that connected the ancient Roman towns of Poetovio and Siscia...
- village in Sisak-Moslavina CountySisak-Moslavina CountySisak-Moslavina County is a Croatian county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava. According to 2001 census it is inhabited by 185 thousand people....
, Croatia - Vukomerić - village in Zagreb CountyZagreb CountyZagreb County is a county in central Croatia. It surrounds – but does not contain – the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, it is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring"...
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