Lenin

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈlɛn.ɪn//

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

proper noun

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
'He means the other Lennon,' Slowey's voice said. ' John Lennon from the Beatles.' And Farley saw him then, on the bend of the counter smoking a cigar. Slowey then turned to the barman, '... and he means the other Lenin, you know, the Russian revolutionary?'
Lenin is very dead (if not yet buried, I wonder what Putin is waiting for); but Leninism is quite alive.

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin), probably due to the use of a passport of a friend, Nikolay Lenin, whose surname originated from the Siberian Lena river. It is commonly believed that the Lena derives its name from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River". By surface analysis, Lena + -in, "the man from the Lena". Another street name of a fellow Old Bolshevik conspirator, Stalin (“the man of steel”), is comparable as an alias based on an alleged attribute; and Bukharin is morphologically comparable as "a person from said place" (Bukhara + -in) but was Nikolai Bukharin's real surname rather than a street name.

lending · The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to…length · The distance measured along the longest dimension of an…lenient · Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.

Lenin · Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

Leningrad · An oblast of Russia, which surrounds, but no longer contains,…Lennon · A surname from Irish, notably of John Lennon (1940–1980), one…Lennox · A region of Scotland centred on Loch Lomond and its outlet,…

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