kolovrat

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noun

An eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups.

OriginProto-Slavic *kolovortъ ← Russian коловра́т →
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Meanings

kolovrat1

nounkolovrat (plural kolovrats)

plural kolovrats

  1. nationalismfascismAn eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups.

    In contrast, Krasnodar respondents were keen to differentiate between the kolovrat and the swastika, while recognizing the symbolic connections between them: […]

    2009, George McKay, Michael Goddard, Christopher Williams, Neil Foxlee, editors, Subcultures and New Religious Movements in Russia and East-Central Europe, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 284

Kolovrat2

proper nounKolovrat (plural Kolovrats)

plural Kolovrats · alternative Kolowrat · alternative Kolourat · alternative Kollovrat · alternative Kollowrat · alternative Kollourat

  1. A surname from the Slavic languages

Origin

kolovrat · noun

  1. Russianколовра́т
  2. Proto-Slavic*kolovortъ
  3. Englishkolovrat

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ. In historical records, similar symbols were recorded as ладинец (ladinec) in Russian or słoneczko in Polish. This spelling was influenced by Russian коловра́т (kolovrát), the more well-known form of the symbol invented by the neo-pagan and neo-Nazi leader Alexey Dobrovolsky in the 1990s.

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Kolovrat · proper noun

  1. Proto-Slavic*kolovortъ
  2. SlavicKolovrat
  3. EnglishKolovrat

From Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 科洛夫拉特
  • 科洛夫拉特 (Kēluòfūlātè)Translations
Czech kolovrat, Kolovrat
  • kolovratSlavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • KolovratTranslations
Polish swarożyca, świąszczyca
  • swarożycaSlavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • świąszczycaSlavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • swarzycaSlavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • kołowrótSlavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • KolowratTranslations
Russian коловра́т, коловоро́т
  • коловра́т (kolovrát)Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • коловоро́т (kolovorót)Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Коловрат (Kolovrat)Translations
Slovak Kolovrat
  • KolovratTranslations
Ukrainian коловоро́т
  • коловоро́т (kolovorót)Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
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Chicago

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