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Wenceslaus, Wenceslas and Wenzslaus (and other similar) are Latinized forms of the Slavic name (in different forms) Czech: Václav, Polish: Wacław, Więcesław, Russian: Vyacheslav, Croatian: Vjenceslav, among others. It originated as a Latin spelling for West Slavic rulers. It is a Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words veli/vyache/więce/više ("great(er), large(r)"), and slava ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic names. It roughly means "greater glory". It may refer to:

People

• Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935 or 929), and subject of a Christmas carol


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  Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (died 1192)


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  Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (c. 1205–1253), King of Bohemia


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  Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271–1305), King of Bohemia and Poland


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  Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289–1306), King of Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland


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  Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361–1419), King of Bohemia, and German King


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  Wenceslaus I of Legnica (ca. 1318 – 1364)


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  Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337–1383), the first Duke


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  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316–1378), born Wenceslaus


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  Wenceslas Hollar (1607–1677), Bohemian etcher


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  Wenceslaus Hanka (1791–1861), Bohemian philologist


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  Rafael Wenceslao Núñez Moledo (1825–1894), 13th President of Colombia


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  Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819–1909), Faroese minister and linguist


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  Venceslau Brás (1868–1966), 9th President of Brazil


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  Prince Wenceslas of Nassau (born 1957)


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  Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein (born 1974).


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  Vjenceslav Richter (1917–2002), Croatian architect


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  Vjenceslav Novak (1859–1905), Croatian writer

Placenames

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  Wenceslas Square, a public square in Prague


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  Wenceslas Mine, Lower Silesia, now in Poland

Other

• "Good King Wenceslas", a popular Christmas carol

See also

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  Boleslaus, cognate


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  Višeslav, South Slavic cognate


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  Wenceslao, Spanish variant


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  Ventsislav, Bulgarian variant


• Wenzel


• Slavic names

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