Netanyahu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/

• Audio (Hebrew):

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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.

Derived terms

• Netanyahoo
• Satanyahu

Translations

surname

• Arabic: نِتَنْيَاهُو (nitanyāhū)
• Armenian: Նեթանյահու (Netʻanyahu)
• Belarusian: Нетанья́ху (Njetanʹjáxu), Нэтанья́гу (Netanʹjáhu)
• Bulgarian: Нетаня́ху (Netanjáhu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內塔尼亞胡 / 内塔尼亚胡 (zh) (Nèitǎníyàhú)

• French: Netanyahou (fr)
• Georgian: ნეთანიაჰუ (netaniahu)
• German: Netanjahu
• Greek: Νετανιάχου (el) m (Netaniáchou)

  Ancient Greek: Νεθανιᾱ́ου m (Nethaniā́ou)

• Hebrew: נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu)
• Hindi: नेतन्याहू (netanyāhū)
• Japanese: ネタニヤフ (Netaniyafu)
• Korean: 네타냐후 (Netanyahu)
• Latin: Nethaniāhū m
• Persian: نِتانْیاهو (netânyâhu)
• Russian: Нетанья́ху (ru) (Nɛtanʹjáxu), Нетания́гу (ru) (Nɛtanijágu), Нетанья́гу (Nɛtanʹjágu)
• Spanish: Netanyahu m, Netañaju m
• Tajik: Нетанёҳу (Netanyohu)
• Ukrainian: Нетанья́гу (Netanʹjáhu)
• Urdu: نیتَن یاہُو (netan yāhū)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Netañaju

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