Birobidzhaner
Birobidzhaner noun: a native or inhabitant of Birobidzhan.
Noun
Birobidzhaner (plural Birobidzhaners)
- A native or inhabitant of Birobidzhan.
- In the Khabarovsk prison too there must have been other Jews beside the Birobidzhaners, but they never were placed in the same cells with us.1981, Israel Emiot [pseudonym; Israel Goldwasser], translated by Max Rosenfeld, “On the road to penal servitude”, in The Birobidzhan Affair: A Yiddish Writer in Siberia, Philadelphia, Pa.: Jewish...
- Still, Birobidzhaners could count on state funding to create many of their own Yiddish institutions.2001, Miriam Weinstein, “The Soviet Union: Marching and Singing to Birobidzhan”, in Yiddish: A Nation of Words, South Royalton, Vt.: Steerforth Press, →ISBN, part 2 (The Modern Era), page 106
Forms of Birobidzhaner
| plural | Birobidzhaners |
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Origin of Birobidzhaner
From Birobidzhan + -er.
Questions about Birobidzhaner
- What does Birobidzhaner mean?
- Birobidzhaner means a native or inhabitant of Birobidzhan.
- What part of speech is Birobidzhaner?
- Birobidzhaner is a noun.
- What is the plural of Birobidzhaner?
- The plural of Birobidzhaner is Birobidzhaners.
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