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Skok

Skok proper noun: a surname from Slovene.

Proper noun

Skok (plural Skoks)

  1. A surname from Slovene.

Forms of Skok

pluralSkoks

Origin of Skok

* As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, nickname for a Turkish refugee, from uskočiti (“to flee”) (compare Czech utéct). Also a nickname from the verb skok (“to jump”). This is also sometimes found as a Polish surname from the same verb skok. * As a Jewish (Lithuania and Latvia) surname, from Skoki, the Polish and Russian name for Skakai, a small town in Kriukai in Lithuania.

Questions about Skok

What does Skok mean?
Skok means a surname from Slovene.
What part of speech is Skok?
Skok is a proper noun.

Words near Skok in the dictionary

  1. Skogens
  2. skogging
  3. Skoglund
  4. Skoglunds
  5. Skogs
  6. Skok
  7. skoke berries
  8. skoke berry
  9. skokeberries
  10. skokeberry
  11. Skokholm

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