Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yezhov

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: yezhov
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Nikolai Yezhov, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architects of the Great Purge.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ежов (Ježov).

Questions

What does yezhov mean?: A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Nikolai Yezhov, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architects of the Great Purge.
Where does yezhov come from?: Borrowed from Russian Ежов (Ježov).

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