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Netanyahu

/ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/

Netanyahu proper noun: a surname from Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Proper noun

Netanyahu (plural Netanyahus)

  1. A surname from Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    • For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front.2009 October 1, “Answering Iran’s Nuclear Challenge”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022
    • On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News, archived from the original on 25 May 2022

Netanyahu meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Persian

Netanyahu in Hindi

surname
नेतन्याहू netanyāhū

Netanyahu in Urdu

surname
نیتَن یاہُو netan yāhū

Netanyahu in Arabic

surname
نِتَنْيَاهُو nitanyāhū

Netanyahu in Persian

surname
نِتانْیاهو netânyâhu

Forms of Netanyahu

pluralNetanyahus

Origin of Netanyahu

Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu). Doublet of Nethaniah.

Words formed from Netanyahu

Questions about Netanyahu

What does Netanyahu mean?
Netanyahu means a surname from Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
What is Netanyahu in Hindi?
Netanyahu in Hindi is नेतन्याहू (netanyāhū). See Netanyahu meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Netanyahu?
Netanyahu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Netanyahu?
Netanyahu is pronounced /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/.

Words near Netanyahu in the dictionary

  1. netaholic
  2. netaholics
  3. netaholism
  4. Netanya
  5. Netanyahoo
  6. Netanyahu
  7. Netanyahuism
  8. Netanyahus
  9. netas
  10. netazepide
  11. netback

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Netanyahu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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