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Subject: Re: Meaning of Sushkov
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 77.86.121.28)
Date: September 12, 2008 at 12:51:40 PM
Reply to: Re: Meaning of Sushkov by Marc
Anybody know any Russian? the name is explained here -
http://mirimen.com/co_fam/Sushkov-30F4.html
From what I can make out the basis of the name is SUKHOI, meaning "dry, arid", which looks like it could be a locative description. But there is also a reference to a meaning "thin, gaunt", so perhaps describing a person.

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