Kopal (feminine: Kopalová) is a
Czech surname
Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bride ...
. It can be translated as both '
edigged' and '
ekicked'. Notable people with the surname include:
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Jiří Kopal (born 1989), Czech politician
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Miroslav Kopal (born 1963), Czech nordic combined skier
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Zdeněk Kopal
Zdeněk Kopal (; 4 April 1914 – 23 June 1993) was a Czechoslovak astronomer who mainly worked in England.
Kopal was born and grew up in Litomyšl (Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic). In his early astronomical career, he studied variable ...
(1914–1993), Czech astronomer
See also
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2628 Kopal
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number.
In mathematics
A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon a ...
, a minor planet named after the astronomer
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Czech-language surnames