Žukauskas
Žukauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. It derives from the Slavic word zhuk for "bug". Polish counterpart: Żukowski, Russian counterpart: Zhukovsky. Its feminine forms are: Žukauskienė (married woman or widow) and Žukauskaitė (unmarried woman).
The surname may refer to:
- Eurelijus Žukauskas, basketball player of Lithuanian national basketball team;
- Mindaugas Žukauskas, basketball player of Lithuanian national basketball team;
- Silvestras Žukauskas, general in the Russian army, and later in his native Lithuania, after it regained its independence in 1918;
- Antanas Žukauskas, Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists.
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