Mussolini

From Italian Mussolini, from mussola, mussolina (“muslin”), from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmʊsəˈliːni/

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Mussolini

1. A surname from Italian.

Mussolini (comparative Mussolinier, superlative Mussoliniest)

1. (humorous) Of or pertaining to Benito Mussolini.
   • 2018, “A Very Stable Genius”, Randy Rainbow (lyrics), Gilbert and Sullivan (music)‎^[1]performed by Randy Rainbow:

     He is the very model of a very stable genius / Of all the U.S. Presidents he is the Mussoliniest.

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From mussola, mussolina (“muslin”), from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq.

• IPA^(key): /mus.soˈli.ni/
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: Mus‧so‧lì‧ni

Mussolini m or f by sense

1. a surname

   the fascist dictator Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini

• mussoliniano

• Translingual: mussolinii
• English: Mussolini