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Tsarnaev

Tsarnaev proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Tsarnaev

  1. A surname.
    • In 2009 Tsarnaev was reportedly arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.2013 April 19, Miriam Elder, “Tamerlan Tsarnaev – American life of dead Boston bombing suspect”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2024, retrieved 19 Apr 2013
    • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, was still being sought, officials said. He is believed to be the suspect who was identified as wearing a white baseball cap in surveillance video from the area where the bombings took place.2013 April 19, Matt Pearce, Neela Banerjee, Laura J. Nelson, Richard Serrano, “Bombing suspects are brothers: Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 22...

Origin of Tsarnaev

From Russian Царна́ев (Carnájev), from Chechen царна (carna).

Questions about Tsarnaev

What does Tsarnaev mean?
Tsarnaev means a surname.
What part of speech is Tsarnaev?
Tsarnaev is a proper noun.

Words near Tsarnaev in the dictionary

  1. tsaritsy
  2. Tsaritsyn
  3. tsaritza
  4. tsaritzas
  5. tsarlike
  6. Tsarnaev
  7. tsarouchi
  8. Tsaroukian
  9. Tsaroukians
  10. tsars
  11. tsarship

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