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Pavel
Pavel Pavel is a name of clean, unpretentious Slavic utility — short, clear, and reliable. In Czech fiction it suggests a man of practical intelligence and modest self-presentation, qualities the Czech literary tradition values highly. The name appears across all social strata from peasant to intellectual with equal ease.
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