Kolovrat
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups.
"In contrast, Krasnodar respondents were keen to differentiate between the kolovrat and the swastika, while recognizing the symbolic connections between them: […]"
- 1 A surname from the Slavic languages
Example
More examples"In contrast, Krasnodar respondents were keen to differentiate between the kolovrat and the swastika, while recognizing the symbolic connections between them: […]"
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.
From Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.
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