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zil lane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
zil lane
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the road lanes in London, England, dedicated for vehicles transporting VIPs during the 2012 London Olympics.

British usage; Derogatory

Etymology

ZiL (Zavod imeni Likhachova; Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва), Russian vehicle manufacturer which also produced armoured cars for most Soviet leaders. There were special lanes for these officials in the former Soviet Union.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Zil lanes (plural)

Questions

What does zil lane mean?
Any of the road lanes in London, England, dedicated for vehicles transporting VIPs during the 2012 London Olympics.
Where does zil lane come from?
ZiL (Zavod imeni Likhachova; Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва), Russian vehicle manufacturer which also produced armoured cars for most Soviet leaders. There were special lanes for these officials in the former Soviet Union.

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