drakula

See also: Drakula and Drakulą

Cebuano

Etymology

From either English Dracula or Spanish Drácula, popularized by the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, from the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin draco (“dragon”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: dra‧ku‧la

Noun

drakula

  1. a vampire; a mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living

Quotations

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