Stalin
A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstɑː.lɪn/
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) + -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”).
Related words
Joseph Stalin
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
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