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Kalashnikov

//kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑv// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A particular model of Russian assault rifle.

    "A Cameroonian soldier lies in a trench, the tip of his Kalashnikov rifle pointing toward the Nigerian town of Gambaru, which has been taken over by Boko Haram terrorists."

  2. 2
    A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

    "As if he were assembling a collection of Russian scary stories, the director Dmitrii Kalashnikov makes the bizarre beguiling."

Noun
  1. 1
    a type of submachine gun made in Russia wordnet

Etymology

Named after Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), from Russian Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

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