Wenceslas

//ˈwɛnsəsˌlæs// name

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

    "Good King Wenceslas look'd out, On the Feast of Stephen; / When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and e-ven: / Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cru-el, / When a poor man came in sight, Gath'ring win-ter fu-el."

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"Good King Wenceslas look'd out, On the Feast of Stephen; / When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and e-ven: / Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cru-el, / When a poor man came in sight, Gath'ring win-ter fu-el."

Etymology

From French Wenceslas (variant of Venceslas), from Medieval Latin Wenceslaus.

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