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Subject: Re: wawryk and ahaphia
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 193.60.199.37)
Date: May 9, 2006 at 4:03:40 AM
Reply to: wawryk and ahaphia by kontiki48
Wawryk is a diminutive of Wawrenc, a Polish form of the name which in English is Laurence. Presumably it's Ukrainian, or Ruthenian, too.
Ahaphia is a mystery to me. Ukrainian language often uses H for G, so Agaphia (or Agafiya?) might be found in other Slavic languages. It looks Greek, as in Orthodox.

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