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“greater, more” + “fame, glory”
[vẽ.sezˈlaʊ̯] · Portuguese (Brazil)
01 / Meaning & origin
Venceslau is a masculine given name documented in Portuguese and Catalan. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Wenceslaus, from the components “greater, more” + “fame, glory”.
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Meaning: “greater, more” + “fame, glory”
From Latin Wenceslaus, a Latinization of Old Czech Vácslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slava (“fame, glory”)).
Do eslavo Wenceslava.
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04 / Through time
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President of Brazil (1868-1966)
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06 / Behind the facts
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