Dracula

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Etymology

From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Ţepeş), from his father's name Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin draco (“dragon”).

Proper noun

Dracula

1. The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
2. A former prince of Wallachia.

Synonyms

• Count Dracula

Translations

fictional vampire

Dutch: Dracula (nl) Esperanto: Drakulo French: Dracula (fr) German: Dracula Drakula Greek: Δράκουλας  (el) (Dhrákulas) m. Italian: Dracula (it)

Japanese: ドラキュラ (ja) (Dorakyura) Portuguese: Drácula (pt) m. Romanian: Dracula (ro) Russian: Дракула (ru) (Drákula) m. Spanish: Drácula (es)

former prince of Wallachia

Dutch: Vlad Dracula, Vlad de Spietser, Vlad III Romanian: Vlad Țepeș, Vlad Drăculea

Russian: Влад Цепеш (ru) (Vlad Cépeš) m., Влад Дракула (ru) (Vlad Drákula) m.

See also

• Count Dracula
• Nosferatu

Anagrams

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