English Explanatory Dictionary

Lenine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative spelling of Lenin.

Word forms

Lenine

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin); this -ine variant (most likely influenced by the French Lénine) was common circa 1915–1923 but thereafter was displaced by what became the standard transliteration in English, Lenin. See there for more about the name's etymology.

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