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What does the word Tepes mean?

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It's the surname of Vlad Tepes, often called Vlad Dracul, the Prince of Wallachia in the 15th century and the man who lent his name to Dracula the Vampire. "Tepes" is Romanian for "Impaler"; "Vlad Tepes" means "Vlad the Impaler".

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