Povondra
Povondra (feminine: Povondrová) is a Czech language patronymic surname: it is interpreted as "syn po Vondrovi" i.e., "son of Vondra".[1] It may refer to:
- Pavel Povondra, Czech mineralogist, the namesake of povondraite
- Tomáš Josef Povondra (1786-1832), rector (1820) of the Olomouc Liceum (now Palacký University of Olomouc)
Fictional characters
[edit]- František Povondra, major character from the War with the Newts science fiction novel by Karel Čapek
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kotík, Antonín (1894). Naše příjmení (in Czech). p. 28.