Message: "KANIA" - Behind the Name

[Facts] KANIA

by astri_parel

4/16/2006, 1:52 PM

polish
masculine
might mean 'lark'
it's not in the database thingy here
help requested

#Kania

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- ADT +9

4/16/2006, 5:57 PM

I speak Polish and I've never heard the name before, nor does it even sound Polish. Do you have any sources for this?

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- astri_parel +8

4/17/2006, 3:38 AM

It's a Polish friend's middle name. It's pronounced like Kanye I believe.

- ADT +7

4/17/2006, 9:08 AM

Have you tried asking your friend?
If you're sure that it is a name then it must be a nickname.

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- raindancing +6

4/17/2006, 3:34 PM

On ancestry.com I found

Kania
Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): Polish nickname or Jewish ornamental name, from Polish kania ‘kite’.

Paula

This message was edited 4/17/2006, 3:35 PM

- ADT +5

4/17/2006, 9:51 PM

I really don't think so...
Kite in Polish is "latawiec" --> la-tah-vye-ets

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- raindancing +4

4/18/2006, 4:43 AM

Interesting On one of the online translaters I got this result
for Kite,

jastrz¹b, latawiec, kania, weksel grzecznoœciowy, p³yn¹æ w powietrzu, lataæ jak latawiec, zdzierca

on another I put in Kania and got Kite

Having searched them I thought the information might be relevant oh well guess I shouldnt trust on line translators

Paula

This message was edited 4/18/2006, 4:44 AM

- ADT +3

4/18/2006, 10:18 AM

I just spoke to my mom and she had an answer.

Kania is NOT a first name. It's a last name. And, it's a type of mushroom. Definitely not a kite.

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This message was edited 4/18/2006, 10:24 AM

- Ora +2

4/18/2006, 2:58 PM

Every language usually has several words for the same thing

So you're both correct. My best friend is actually from Poland (moved here at 14) and said she HAS heard the word "kania" before.

"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity

- obi (guest) +1

4/18/2006, 3:52 PM

It's a type of portobello mushroom and I've heard lark as the meaning from my friend's bubbe or someone.

- ADT

4/20/2006, 11:36 AM

Thanks, I've just never heard that word after speaking to about 3 Polish-speaking peoples.

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This message was edited 4/20/2006, 11:37 AM

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