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kolovrat

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from the Slavic languages

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: nationalism

Topics: fascism, government, human-sciences, ideology, lifestyle, paganism, philosophy, politics, religion, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.

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 leader Alexey Dobrovolsky in the 1990s.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 科洛夫拉特 (Kēluòfūlātè) — Translations
  • Czech: Kolovrat — Translations
  • Polish: Kolowrat — Translations
  • Russian: Коловрат (Kolovrat) — Translations
  • Slovak: Kolovrat — Translations
  • Slovene: Kolovrat — Translations
  • Armenian: կոլովրատ (kolovrat) — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Czech: kolovrat — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Polish: swarożyca — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Polish: świąszczyca — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Polish: swarzyca — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Polish: kołowrót — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Russian: коловра́т (kolovrát) — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Russian: коловоро́т (kolovorót) — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Serbo-Croatian: коловрат — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Slovene: kolovrat — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
  • Ukrainian: коловоро́т (kolovorót) — Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol