English Explanatory Dictionary

kolovrat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups.
name
  1. A surname from the Slavic languages

Word forms

kolovrat kolovrats Kolowrat Kolourat Kollovrat Kollowrat Kollourat

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ. In historical records, similar symbols were recorded as ладинец (ladinec) in Russian or słoneczko in Polish. This spelling was influenced by Russian коловра́т (kolovrát), the more well-known form of the symbol invented by the neo-pagan leader Alexey Dobrovolsky in the 1990s.

Related words

Kolouratoff Kolouratov Kolouratova Kolovratoff Kolovratov Kolovratova Kolowratoff Kolowratov Kolowratova

Derived words

kolovratite
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