Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

netanyahu

/ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: ne-tanyahu
IPA: /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Example Sentences

"For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front."
"On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution."
"It was Netanyahu himself who popularized the term “Bibisitter” in a 2015 election ad. “You ordered a babysitter. You got a Bibisitter,” Netanyahu tells parents after arriving at their door."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu). Doublet of Nethaniah.

Inflected Forms

Netanyahus (plural)

Derived Forms

Netanyahoo Satanyahu

Phrases

Big Yahoo

Rhymes With

yahoo

Questions

How do you pronounce netanyahu?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/.
What does netanyahu mean?: A surname from Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Where does netanyahu come from?: Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu). Doublet of Nethaniah.

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