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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To experience the Mandela effect.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.

   "Our common room, thanks to a morally rectitudinous constitutional change some time previously, was known as the Nelson Mandela Room."

Synonyms

All synonyms

nelson rolihlahla mandela

Example

More examples

"Where was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Xhosa Mandela.

Related phrases

Mandela effect

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