Dracula

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
• A former prince of Wallachia.

Related

Similar words

• Count Dracula

Origin

• From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul comes from the Romanian drac ("dragon, devil"), itself deriving from the Latin draco ("dragon").