Sloboda (surname)

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Sloboda is a Slovak surname. In Slavic languages the primary meaning of the word is "freedom", "liberty". As the surname it used to refer to "free men" (to distinguish them from "serfs"). [1] The cognate surnames in other Slavic languages include Svoboda and Swoboda.

Slovak language language spoken in Slovakia

Slovak or less frequently Slovakian is a West Slavic language. It is called slovenský jazyk or slovenčina in the language itself.

A surname, family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person's family. Depending on the culture, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations based on the cultural rules.

Slavic languages languages of the Slavic peoples

The Slavic languages are the Indo-European languages spoken by the Slavic peoples. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Early Middle Ages, which in turn is thought to have descended from the earlier Proto-Balto-Slavic language, linking the Slavic languages to the Baltic languages in a Balto-Slavic group within the Indo-European family.

The surname may refer to:

Anton Sloboda is a Slovak footballer who plays for Spartak Trnava as a midfielder.

John Anthony Sloboda was Executive Director of the Oxford Research Group, an NGO that seeks to develop non-violent approaches to national and international security issues, from 2005-2009. He is currently Co-Director of ORG's Every Casualty programme. He is also one of the founders of the Iraq Body Count Project.

Karol Sloboda is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who is currently under contract to HC Vítkovice Steel in the Czech Extraliga. He has formerly played with HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga.

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References

  1. ↑ Czech Surnames
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