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Dracula en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹækjələ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɹækjʊlə/

Etymology

From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) Any vampire.
   • But he would have had to have been over 250 years old! Like a Dracula or something. 2004 November 16, Brian Mitsoda, Chad Moore, TJ Perillo, Jason D. Anderson, Leonard Boyarsky, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, →OCLC, spoken by Dr. Ingvar Johansen (J. Grant Albrecht):

Forms

Relateds

Count Dracula · Nosferatu

wikipedia: Order of the Dragon · wikipedia: Vlad the Impaler · wikipedia: Vlad II Dracul

Dracula en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹækjələ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɹækjʊlə/

Etymology

From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).

Meanings

1. The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
2. A former prince of Wallachia.

Deriveds

blackula

Synonyms

Count Dracula

Translations (36)

fr Dracula (fictional vampire) · fa دراکولا (fictional vampire) · tl Drakula (fictional vampire) · bg Влад Цепеш (former prince of Wallachia) · hu Drakula (fictional vampire) · nl Vlad de Spietser (former prince of Wallachia) · cmn 德古拉 (fictional vampire) · el Δράκουλας (fictional vampire) · yi דראַקולאַ (fictional vampire) · ru Влад Це́пеш (former prince of Wallachia) · nl Dracula (fictional vampire) · hi ड्रैकुला (fictional vampire) · pl Drakula (fictional vampire) · ja ドラキュラ (fictional vampire) · ko 드라큘라 (fictional vampire) · de Drakula (fictional vampire) · ro Vlad Drăculea (former prince of Wallachia) · ro Vlad Țepeș (former prince of Wallachia) · pt Drácula (fictional vampire) · cmn 德拉庫拉 /德拉库拉 (fictional vampire) · mr ड्रॅक्यूला (fictional vampire) · bg Влад Дракула (former prince of Wallachia) · bg Дракула (fictional vampire) · ru Дра́кула (fictional vampire) · ro Dracula (fictional vampire) · cmn 弗拉德德古拉 (former prince of Wallachia) · nl Vlad Dracula (former prince of Wallachia) · mk Дракула (fictional vampire) · ru Влад Дра́кула (former prince of Wallachia) · nl Vlad III (former prince of Wallachia) · lt Drakula (fictional vampire) · es Drácula (fictional vampire) · eo Drakulo (fictional vampire) · pl Wład Palownik (former prince of Wallachia) · it Dracula (fictional vampire) · de Dracula (fictional vampire)

wikipedia: Order of the Dragon · wikipedia: Vlad the Impaler · wikipedia: Vlad II Dracul