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 === Historical Background ===
-In the Czech lands and Slovakia, the major source of given names was the names of Roman Catholic saints.  Many of these were borrowed from foreign sources including names of Greek, Latin, Hebrew and German origin.
+In the Czech lands, the major source of given names was the names of Roman Catholic saints.  Many of these were borrowed from foreign sources including names of Greek, Latin, Hebrew and German origin.
 Other names are of purely Slavic origin.  Among these the most popular were compound names which consist of two Slavic roots joined together.  The following list gives the meanings of most of the various Slavic prefixes and suffixes.