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Yousef

Yousef proper noun: a male given name from Arabic.

Proper noun

Yousef

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname from Arabic.
    • Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men came to an end almost as suddenly as it began. His alleged co-conspirators in the World Trade Center bombing had implicated “Ramzi Yousef” when they were arrested, and the F.B.I. had on several occasions laid elaborate plans to capture him in...1995 June 5, Mary Anne Weaver, “Children of the Jihad”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2016
    • The attacks were carried out by a terrorist group which included Ramzi Yousef, who in 1998 received two life sentences plus 240 years for his part in the bombings, as well as a number of other attacks or planned attacks including a plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II.2021 September 11, Ryan O'Neill, “The Swansea student who bombed the World Trade Centre and inspired Osama Bin Laden”, in Wales Online, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2021

Origin of Yousef

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.

Questions about Yousef

What does Yousef mean?
Yousef means a male given name from Arabic.
What part of speech is Yousef?
Yousef is a proper noun.

Words near Yousef in the dictionary

  1. Yousaf
  2. Yousafs
  3. Yousafzai
  4. youse
  5. youse's
  6. Yousef
  7. Yousefi
  8. Yousefis
  9. youself
  10. youses
  11. youseself

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