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Mnuchin
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English
Alternative forms
en Menuhin Menukhin Menukin Minuhin Minuchin Minukhin Minukin Mnuhin Mnukhin Mnukin
Etymology
From en ru Менухин Haaretz Newspaper, "How Steven Mnuchin Got His Unusual Name", Elon Gilad, 19 January 2017 and its various forms.
patronymic From en ru Менахем en Menachem + ru -ин possessive, from en he מְנַחֵם en Menahem a Jewish male given name
matronymic From en ru Менуха en Menucha + ru -ин possessive, from en he מנוחה en Menuha a Jewish female given name
Pronunciation
Despite its historical derivation, Steven Mnuchin pronounces his surname as /məˈnuːʃɪn/ and this has spread.
Proper noun
s
en Russian Jewish.
en 2020-01-23 w:Washington Post Philip Bump Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/23/mnuchin-said-thunberg-needed-study-economics-before-offering-climate-proposals-so-we-talked-an-economist/ Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection. https://web.archive.org/web/20221210014039/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/23/mnuchin-said-thunberg-needed-study-economics-before-offering-climate-proposals-so-we-talked-an-economist/ 10 December 2022
Translations
Jewish surname
Italian: it Menachem, it Menaem, it Menahem, it Menaham
Russian: ru Менухин, ru Мнухин, ru Минухин, ru Мнушкин, ru Мну́чин
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