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Novak, Novák, Nowak is a Slavic surname and masculine given name, derived from the word for "new", which depending on the exact language and usage, translates as "novice", "new man", "newcomer", or "stranger". The name was often given to a new arrival in a city or a convert to Christianity. It was also used for newcomers to an army and as an occupational surname for people who used the slash-and-burn method to create new arable land—novina. It is pronounced almost the same way in most languages, with the stress on the first syllable. The main exception is Slovene, which places the stress on the last syllable.
Kovač, meaning "blacksmith" in Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia the surname is Kováč.
Němec is a common Czech surname, meaning German, "mute", or "(he) does not speak (Slavic)". It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь, from *němъ (“mute”). The feminine form is Němcová.
Havlíček is a Czech surname. It means small Havel. Havel means inhabitant of Gallia. Notable people with the surname include:
Veselý is a Czech and Slovak surname that may refer to:
Bednář is a Czech surname. It may refer to:
Nikola is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries, while in West Slavic countries it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu.
Růžička is a Czech surname. Ružička is a Slovak surname. Notable people include:
The Czech national basketball team is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national basketball team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with the Slovakia national basketball team continuing as the successor of the Czechoslovak team. Its best accomplishment was seventh place at the EuroBasket 2015. They will make their first FIBA Basketball World Cup appearance at the 2019 edition in China.
Šťastný is a Czech and Slovak surname which literally means "happy". The feminine form of the surname is Šťastná.
Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá is a retired female track and field athlete from the Czech Republic, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of 74.56 metres (244.6 ft). That mark still is the national record.
Sedlák is a Czech surname, which means a 'peasant farmer' or 'freeman farmer' who was relatively wealthy and owned his own land. The name may refer to:
Szewczyk is a Polish occupational surname, derivied from the occulation of szewc, or shoemaker. It's related to the Czech name Ševčík.
Ptáček is a Czech surname, it may refer to:
Konečný is a Czech and Slovak surname, it may refer to:
William Norman Barton is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Memphis, where he won the Conference USA Player of the Year in 2012. He was selected with the 40th pick of the 2012 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Barton is an English, Scottish, Polish, Czech surname.
