Mussolini

English

Etymology

From Italian Mussolini, from mussola, mussolina (“muslin”), from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmʊsəˈliːni/

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Proper noun

Mussolini

1. A surname from Italian.

Derived terms

• Mango Mussolini
• Mussolinian
• Mussoliniesque
• Mussolinism
• Trumpolini

 

Translations

surname

• Arabic: مُوسُولِينِي (musulīnī)
• Armenian: Մուսոլինի (Musolini)
• Belarusian: Мусалі́ні (Musalíni)
• Bulgarian: Мусоли́ни (Musolíni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨索里尼 (zh) (Mòsuólǐní)

• Georgian: მუსოლინი (musolini)
• Greek: Μουσολίνι (el) (Mousolíni)
• Hebrew: מוסוליני (musolini)
• Italian: Mussolini
• Japanese: ムッソリーニ (Mussorīni)
• Korean: 무솔리니 (Musollini)
• Persian: موسولینی (musulini)
• Portuguese: Mussolini m or f
• Russian: Муссоли́ни (ru) (Mussolíni)
• Ukrainian: Муссолі́ні (Mussolíni)

Adjective

Mussolini (comparative Mussolinier, superlative Mussoliniest)

1. (humorous) Of or pertaining to Benito Mussolini.
   • 2018, “A Very Stable Genius”, Randy Rainbow (lyrics), Gilbert and Sullivan (music)‎^[1]performed by Randy Rainbow:

     He is the very model of a very stable genius / Of all the U.S. Presidents he is the Mussoliniest.

Anagrams

• limousins

Italian

Etymology

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From mussola, mussolina (“muslin”), from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus.soˈli.ni/
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: Mus‧so‧lì‧ni

Proper noun

Mussolini m or f by sense

1. a surname

   the fascist dictator Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini

Related terms

• mussoliniano

Descendants

• Translingual: mussolinii
• English: Mussolini