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    What does Vincha mean?

    Hello... I'm new in this forum,and have a question.

    My father is born in a village in eastern Bosnia.The name of the village is "Vinca" or "Vincha".What does this name mean?

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    Re: What does Vincha mean?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tvrtko_Kotromanic
    Hello... I'm new in this forum,and have a question.

    My father is born in a village in eastern Bosnia.The name of the village is "Vinca" or "Vincha".What does this name mean?
    Also "Vinca" or "Vincha"?
    Anyway it's not a russian word.
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Да, это не русское слово.

    Vinca - this is the name of a flower.

    In Russian Всегдажив.
    Please, can You correct, if I have made mistakes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julienovich
    Да, это не русское слово.

    Vinca - this is the name of a flower.

    In Russian Всегдажив.
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    Vinca - это латинское наименование растения (барвинок, всегдажив)

    У бессмертника другое наименование.
    Please, can You correct, if I have made mistakes.

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    Oh... not "Vinca",I know it's a flower it's my fmistake,I'm sorry.

    I mena Vincha (the ch is spelled like in my nick name Kotromanich or Ivanovich...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julienovich
    Vinca - это латинское наименование растения (барвинок, всегдажив)

    У бессмертника другое наименование.
    I can't speak russian???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tvrtko_Kotromanic
    Quote Originally Posted by Julienovich
    Vinca - это латинское наименование растения (барвинок, всегдажив)

    У бессмертника другое наименование.
    I can't speak russian???
    If don't know whether you speak Russian or not, you should know that yourself.

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    Винча - река в Карелии.
    Vincha is the name of a river in Karilia.

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    ВИНЧА, неолитическая археологическая культура (кон. 5-го 4-е тыс. до н. э.) на Балканах, в бассейне рек Морава и Вардар. Название по телю(селу??) Винча около Белграда. Остатки поселений, каменного орудия, керамика, глиняные статуэтки. Хозяйство: земледелие, скотоводство, рыболовство.

    In English:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_culture

    Vincha - the name of a vilage near Belgrade

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wowik
    ВИНЧА, неолитическая археологическая культура (кон. 5-го 4-е тыс. до н. э.) на Балканах, в бассейне рек Морава и Вардар. Название по телю(селу??) Винча около Белграда. Остатки поселений, каменного орудия, керамика, глиняные статуэтки. Хозяйство: земледелие, скотоводство, рыболовство.

    In English:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_culture

    Vincha - the name of a vilage near Belgrade
    I know that,but what's the meaning of the word.I thought it might a slavic word? Or maybe it is Roman?

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