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Bolesław
Boleslav or Bolesław may refer to:
In people:
- Boleslaw (given name)
In geography:
- Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Bolesław, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
- Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic
- Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Boleslaw (given name)
__NOTOC__ Boleslaw, Bolesław, Boleslav or Boleslaus in Latin, is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning great glory. Feminine forms: Bolesława / Boleslava.
It was the favoured dynastic name in Polish Piast dynasty and also – in a considerably lesser extent – among Czech Přemyslids. Into the Piasts was borrowed from Přemyslids through inheritance in female line. (Mother of first Polish monarch of that name, i.e. Boleslaus the Brave, was Czech princess Doubravka of Bohemia, whose father and brother had been bearing the name "Boleslav".)