Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vilna gaon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: vil-na -gaon
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, a Jewish polymath from Vilnius renowned for his erudition and one of the most influential opponents of the developing Hasidic movement.

Etymology

From Yiddish דער ווילנער גאון (der vilner goen, literally “the genius from Vilnius”).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: דער ווילנער גאון

Synonyms

Gra

Questions

What does vilna gaon mean?: Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, a Jewish polymath from Vilnius renowned for his erudition and one of the most influential opponents of the developing Hasidic movement.
Where does vilna gaon come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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