Dracula

See also: Drácula

Translingual

Dracula chimaera

Etymology

Medieval Latin or later, draco (“serpent, dragon”) -ula (“diminutive”)

Proper noun

Dracula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Dracula chimaera - type species; Dracula subg. Dracula, Dracula subg. Sodiroa, Dracula subg. Xenosia (subgenera)
  • For a list of the numerous species, see Dracula (orchid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia or Dracula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Further reading

• Dracula (orchid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dracula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dracula at Encyclopedia of Life
• Dracula at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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English

Etymology

From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș), 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹækjʊlə/, /ˈdɹækjələ/

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德拉庫拉, 德拉库拉 (Délākùlā)

• Dutch: Dracula
• Esperanto: Drakulo
• French: Dracula (fr) m
• German: Drakula m, Dracula m
• Greek: Δράκουλας m (Drákoulas)
• Italian: Dracula

• Japanese: ドラキュラ (Dorakyura)
• Marathi: ड्रॅक्यूला m (ḍrǎkyūlā)
• Persian: دراکولا‏‎ (drâkulâ)
• Portuguese: Drácula (pt) m
• Romanian: Dracula m
• Russian: Дра́кула (ru) m (Drákula)
• Spanish: Drácula (es) m

former prince of Wallachia

• Dutch: Vlad Dracula m, Vlad de Spietser m, Vlad III m
• Polish: Wład Palownik m

• Romanian: Vlad Țepeș, Vlad Drăculea
• Russian: Влад Це́пеш m (Vlad Cépeš), Влад Дра́кула m (Vlad Drákula)

See also

• Count Dracula
• Nosferatu

Anagrams

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