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Pelikan

Pelikan proper noun: a surname from Czech of German or Czech origin.

Proper noun

Pelikan (plural Pelikans)

  1. A surname from Czech of German or Czech origin.

Forms of Pelikan

pluralPelikans

Origin of Pelikan

From Czech Pelikán or German Pelikan.

Questions about Pelikan

What does Pelikan mean?
Pelikan means a surname from Czech of German or Czech origin.
What part of speech is Pelikan?
Pelikan is a proper noun.

Words near Pelikan in the dictionary

  1. Pelignians
  2. Peligot's blue
  3. Peligran
  4. pelikae
  5. pelikai
  6. Pelikan
  7. pelike
  8. pelikes
  9. pelinkovac
  10. pelioma
  11. peliomata

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