English Explanatory Dictionary

Ladislaus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Word forms

Ladislaus

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ladislaus, Latinization of a Slavic royal name *Voldislavъ, from the elements Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”) (see *volděti) and Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”). Doublet of Laszlo and Vladislav.

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