Etymology

Kaluzhny

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Belarusian Калю́жны ← Ukrainian Калю́жний ← Russian Калю́жный
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromКалю́жный
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromКалю́жний
  3. Belarusian · borrowed fromКалю́жны
  4. English todayKaluzhny

From Belarusian Калю́жны (Kaljúžny), Ukrainian Калю́жний (Kaljúžnyj), or Russian Калю́жный (Kaljúžnyj). These are probably all related to калюжа (kaljuža, “puddle, pool”).

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