Netanyahu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/
  • Audio (Hebrew):(file)

Proper noun

Netanyahu (plural Netanyahus)

  1. A surname from Hebrew.
    • 2009 October 1, “Answering Iran’s Nuclear Challenge”, in The New York Times[1]:
      For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front.
    • 2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News[2], archived from the original on 25 May 2022:
      On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /netaˈɲaxu/ [ne.t̪aˈɲa.xu]
  • Rhymes: -axu
  • Syllabification: Ne‧tan‧yahu

Proper noun

Netanyahu m

  1. a male surname from Hebrew