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[Opinions] Obituaries
FEMALE:Antonija (1918)
Božena (1931) -see Bozena
Kata (1931)
Marija (1922)
Milka (1931, 1937)
Slavica (1927)MALE:Bogdan (1932)
Mehmed (1934)
Milan (1932)
Nikola (1942)
Slavko (1932)
Stojan (1910)
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I've finally gotten over my "Milan is a city in Italy, not a man's name" prejudice. It's so handsome as a boy's name. Bozena is intriguing. I haven't gone to the links yet, but I'm guessing it's from the same root word as Bogdan, i.e., Bog / God. I'm also guessing it's pronounced "BO-zheh-nah." Is that correct? I like it. :-)"Mehmed / Mehmet the Great" came up once and it stuck in my head. It reminds me of the name Cathal (silent "t"). Ending a syllable with an "h" sound is so unexpected. Groovy. Good to see they all lived long lives.
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Božena does have the same root as Bogdan (one of changes in Croatian is that g+e=ž, so Bog+ena=Božena) and your pronunciation is correct:-)
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