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nehruvian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
nehru-vian
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964, and his policies.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English Nehru English -v- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Nehruvian From Nehru + -v- + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Nehruvian (comparative) most Nehruvian (superlative)

Phrases

Nehruvian socialism

Questions

What does nehruvian mean?
Of or relating to Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964, and his policies.
Where does nehruvian come from?
Etymology tree English Nehru English -v- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Nehruvian From Nehru + -v- + -ian.

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