Meaning & origin
What it means
Šostakóvič is a romanization of Шостакович. Шостакович goes back to a word meaning “sixth.”
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Where it comes from
Šostakóvič is a romanization of Шостакович. Шостакович comes from Belarusian.
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Šostakóvič’s family of names
In Russian usage, Šostakóvič as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Шостакович.
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