Bukowski (surname)
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Bukowski, Bukovski, or Bukovsky (Belarusian: Букоўскі, Bukouski, Russian: Буковский, Ukrainian: Буковський) is a surname found in several Slavic languages: Polish, Bulgarian, Czech, Belarusian, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian. It is composed of the common Slavic word buk- (common Slavic for "beech tree") and the Slavic suffixes -ov and -ski.
The feminine forms are Bukowska (Polish), Bukovskaya (Russian, Ukrainian), Bukouskaya (Belarusian), Bukovská (Czech, Slovak), Bukovska (Bulgarian).
In some cases the name may originate from a toponym, i.e. the name would have been given to or adopted by a person or family from a place named Buków, for example[citation needed].
[edit] People
- Charles Bukowski, German American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
- Vladimir Bukovsky, notable former Soviet political dissident, author and political activist
- Barbora Bukovská, Czech-Slovak human rights attorney
- Yoana Bukovska, Bulgarian actress
[edit] Related forms
- Bukac (surname)
- Bukek (surname)
- Buková (place name)
- Bukov (Bulgarian surname)
- Buków (disambiguation) (place name)
- Bukovina (place name)
- Bukowiecki (Polish surname)
- Bukowsko (place name)
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