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isolani

isolani noun: a queen's pawn with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent files.

Noun

isolani (plural isolanis)

  1. A queen's pawn with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent files.

Forms of isolani

pluralisolanis

Origin of isolani

Coined by Aron Nimzowitsch, from Italian isolano (“islander”).

Questions about isolani

What does isolani mean?
Isolani means a queen's pawn with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent files.
What part of speech is isolani?
Isolani is a noun.
What is the plural of isolani?
The plural of isolani is isolanis.

Words near isolani in the dictionary

  1. Isola
  2. isolability
  3. isolable
  4. isolably
  5. isolampsic
  6. isolani
  7. isolanid
  8. isolanis
  9. isolant
  10. isolants
  11. isolariciresinol

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