Valdas is a
Lithuanian
Lithuanian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
** Lithuanian language
** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region
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masculine given name. It is the shortened form of
Valdemaras and other
Lithuanian name
A Lithuanian personal name, as in most European cultures, consists of two main elements: the given name () followed by the family name (). The usage of personal names in Lithuania is generally governed (in addition to personal taste and family cu ...
s containing the
Germanic or
Baltic
Baltic may refer to:
Peoples and languages
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element "wald" ("rule"). Individuals with the name Valdas include:
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Valdas Adamkus
Valdas Adamkus (; born Voldemaras Adamkavičius; November 3, 1926) is a Lithuanian politician, diplomat and civil engineer who served as the fifth and seventh president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.
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(born 1926), Lithuanian politician, former President of Lithuania
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Valdas Dabkus
Valdas Dabkus (born March 26, 1984) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. Dabkus plays at the small forward and power forward positions.
National team career
Dabkus previously represented the Lithuanian youth squads, and won a silver ...
(born 1984), Lithuanian basketball player
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Valdas Dambrauskas
Valdas Dambrauskas (born 7 January 1977) is a Lithuanian professional football manager. He is the head coach of Sabah in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Managerial career
Early career
Dambrauskas has been participating in Lithuanian edition of ...
(born 1977), Lithuanian football manager
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Valdas Dopolskas (born 1992) Lithuanian marathon runner
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Valdas Ivanauskas
Valdas Ivanauskas (born 31 July 1966) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker.
He is best known in Europe for his time at Austria Vienna as well as Hamburger SV where he acted between 1993 and 1 ...
(born 1966), Lithuanian footballer
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Valdas Kasparavičius
Valdas Kasparavičius (born 17 January 1958 in Kapsukas) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Kasparavičius was elected Lithuanian Footballer of the Year Lithuanian Footballer of the Year is a football awa ...
(born 1958), Lithuanian footballer
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Valdas Kazlauskas
Valdas Kazlauskas (born 23 February 1958 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a retired male racewalker and athletics coach from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, ...
(born 1958), Lithuanian racewalker
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Valdas Trakys (born 1979), Lithuanian footballer
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Valdas Urbonas
Valdas Urbonas (born 29 November 1967) is a Lithuanian professional association football, football manager and former player who currently is the manager of the Lithuania national football team, Lithuania national team.
Club career
Urbonas bega ...
(born 1967), Lithuanian footballer
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Valdas Vasylius
Valdas Vasylius (born 3 September 1983) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played collegiately at Old Dominion University. He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2007 Summer Universiade.
Growing up in Lithuania, ...
(born 1983), Lithuanian basketball player
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