Message: "Re: Cherna" - Behind the Name

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Re: Cherna

by SSF

10/29/2006, 5:27 AM

The name should be spelled Čierna and means "black" in Slovak-Yiddish (check http://www.learnslovak.com/index.php?pageID=2). The pronunciation is correct.

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- dolliemom (guest)

10/29/2006, 7:26 PM

Thank you so much!!! My grandmother's background (ethnically) is actually Lithuanian, but this makes sense.

- Ivayla

10/29/2006, 12:16 PM

Slovak-Yiddish?

Is that like Spanglish

Seriously though, cierna means "black" in most Slavic languages, Slovak included.

~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult

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