Lenine

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Lenin. alt-of, alternative, archaic, transliteration

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin); this -ine variant (most likely influenced by the French Lénine) was common circa 1915–1923 but thereafter was displaced by what became the standard transliteration in English, Lenin. See there for more about the name's etymology.

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