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hajnal line

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
ha-j-nal -line
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An imaginary line drawn between Saint Petersburg in Russia and Trieste in Italy, sometimes thought to divide Europe into two areas characterized by different levels of nuptiality, with lower marriage and fertility rates to the west, and higher rates to the east.

Etymology

Proposed in 1965 by John Hajnal.

Inflected Forms

the Hajnal line (canonical)

Questions

What does hajnal line mean?
An imaginary line drawn between Saint Petersburg in Russia and Trieste in Italy, sometimes thought to divide Europe into two areas characterized by different levels of nuptiality, with lower marriage and fertility rates to the west, and higher rates to the east.
Where does hajnal line come from?
Proposed in 1965 by John Hajnal.

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