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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Drac•u•la (drak′yə lə),USA pronunciation n. - Literature(italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
- Literature Count, the central character in this novel: the archetype of a vampire.
- Latin dracō dragon) + -ul definite article)
- origin, originally of the name is disputed, but it has long been popularly associated with Rumanian dracul the devil (drac devil ( Low German Dracol, Dracole, Dracle a by-name of the Wallachian prince Vlad II, "the Impaler'' (1431–76)
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