Racoviță

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Раковица (Rakovica), from ракъ (rakŭ, “crayfish”) ‎ -ов (-ov, possessive suffix) ‎ -ица (-ica, deadjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrakovit͡sə]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Racoviță m (genitive/dative lui Racoviță)

1. a surname — famously held by:
   1. Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), the Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and explorer of Antarctica who gave his name to the village of Emil Racoviță

Further reading

• Racoviță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ro
• Emil Racoviță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ro