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Dynamo
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dynamo
English
Alternative forms
en Dinamo
Etymology
From en ru Динамо and cognates in other languages, including en sh Dinamo and en de Dynamo.
Proper noun
Dynamo Sports Club, a national sporting association in the Soviet Union, and other similiar organisations in other socialist countries and their successor states.
Any of various football clubs and other sports teams linked to a Dynamo association, including Dynamo Berlin, Dynamo Dresden, Dynamo Kyiv and Dinamo Zagreb in soccer and HC Dynamo Moscow in ice hockey.
en 1990 Lawrence Martin The Red Machine: The Soviet Quest to Dominate Canada's Game The only Dynamo player to win the most valuable player award in Soviet hockey history was Maltsev.
en 2018-04-19 Paul Dietschy Origins and Birth of the Europe of football Routledge 9781315520032 Following elimination at the hands of Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the same tournament two years later, Hänel lamented that the 'nervousness' of the Dynamo team allowed the English club to progress comfortably to the next round.
en 2023-11-30 Thomas M. Wilson Europe: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society [2 volumes] Bloomsbury Publishing USA 9798216171409 He was thrice elected head coach during Soviet times and thrice became Dynamos head coach. He dedicated many years to the club. Following his death, Lobanovskyi was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine, the nation's highest honor.
German
Etymology
After de en dynamo, from en dynamo-electric machine, itself from de de dynamoelektrische Maschine, coined by Werner von Siemens, based on de grc δύναμις power.
Pronunciation
de /dyˈnaːmo/ /ˈdyːnamo/ /ˈdʏnamo/
de De-Dynamo.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Dy na mo
Noun
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dynamo
Declension
m,,s
Proper noun
n:m
Part of, and short form for, the names of several sports clubs in former East Germany, especially Dynamo Dresden and Berliner FC Dynamo.
Further reading
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