Blonsky is an

East Slavic language The East Slavic languages constitute one of three regional subgroups of the Slavic languages, distinct from the West and South Slavic languages. East Slavic languages are currently spoken natively throughout Eastern Europe, and eastwards to Sibe ...

surname. Feminine forms: Blonska (Блонська, Ukrainian), Blonskaya (Блонская, Russian, Belarusian). The surnames Blonsky,

Oblonsky Oblonsky (masculine), Oblonskaya (feminine) is a Russian-language surname, see " Blonsky" for its etymology. Notable people with this surname include: * (1924-2010), Russian writer *Shane Oblonsky (born 1985), American kickboxer *Prince Stepan (Sti ...

Obolonsky Obolonsky (masculine), Obolonskaya (feminine) is a Russian-language surname, see " Blonsky" for its etymology. Notable people with this surname include: * (1856-1913), Ukrainian (Russian Empire) professor of legal medicine, dean of the medical de ...

may be derived from various placenames Блонь , Облонь , Оболонь. И. М Ганжина , ''Словарь современных русских фамилий'', 2001
p.67
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Vladimir Dal Vladimir Ivanovich Dal ( rus, Влади́мир Ива́нович Даль, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈdalʲ; November 22, 1801 – October 4, 1872) was a noted Russian-language lexicographer, polyglot, Turkologist, and founding ...

's ''

Explanatory Dictionary An explanatory dictionary or defining dictionary is a dictionary A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), ...

'', the terms блонье, oболонье, among other meanings, referred to a kind of wet

meadow A meadow ( ) is an open habitat, or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non- woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as these areas maintain an open character. Meadows may be naturally occurring or artif ...

by river (in Western parts of the

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), as well as the surrounds of a town, a suburb; - all originating from the generic meaning of "surrounding"."БЛОНА"
/ref>, and it is suggested that the term gave rise to placenames. "Blonsky" may also be the Russified form of the Polish surname Błoński of similar origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Lyudmyla Blonska Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk ( uk, Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper. ...

, Ukrainian athlete *

Nikki Blonsky Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and internet personality. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film '' Hairspray'' (2007), for which she won two Critics' Choice Awards and received nominat ...

(born 1988), American actress and singer * Pavel Petrovich Blonsky (1884–1941), Soviet psychologist *

Seraphima Blonskaya Seraphima Iasonovna Blonskaya (Leontovskaya) (russian: Блонская, Серафима Иасоновна, 3 October 1870 – 9 August 1947) was a Russian artist and art teacher. Seraphima Blonskaya was born on October 3, 1870 in Verkhnodni ...

(1870-1947), Russian artist and art teacher. Fictional character: *

Emil Blonsky The Abomination is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original and best known iteration is Emil Blonsky, who first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #90 (April 1967) and was created by write ...

(a.k.a. The Abomination), a fictional supervillain and enemy of The Incredible Hulk

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