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Netanyahu
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English
Etymology
en he נְתַנְיָהוּ n'tanyáhu. en Nethaniah.
Pronunciation
en /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/
Proper noun
s
en Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
en 2009-10-01 Answering Iran’s Nuclear Challenge w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/opinion/l01iran.html For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front. https://web.archive.org/web/20220617120831/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/opinion/l01iran.html
en 2013-05-07 Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense https://web.archive.org/web/20220525221655/https://apnews.com/article/56b8c9bd77994cb18b5d99e4ee38bd39 25 May 2022 w:AP News On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.
en 2025-10-22 A Parade of Senior U.S. Officials Descends on Israel for ‘Bibisitting’ Duty Vera Bergengruen The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/israel-us-officials-visit-gaza-peace-deal-eb4186be 1042-9840 It was Netanyahu himself who popularized the term “Bibisitter” in a 2015 election ad. “You ordered a babysitter. You got a Bibisitter,” Netanyahu tells parents after arriving at their door. https://archive.ph/JAzh1 2025-10-23
Derived terms
en n Satanyahu Netanyahoo Big Yahoo
Translations
surname
Arabic: ar نِتَنْيَاهُو
Armenian: hy Նեթանյահու
Belarusian: be Нетанья́ху, be Нэтанья́гу
Bulgarian: bg Нетаня́ху
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 內塔尼亞胡 Nèitǎníyàhú
French: fr Netanyahou
Georgian: ka ნეთანიაჰუ
German: de Netanjahu
Greek: el Νετανιάχου m
Hebrew: he נְתַנְיָהוּ n'tanyáhu
Hindi: hi नेतन्याहू
Italian: it Netanyahu
Japanese: ja ネタニヤフ Netaniyafu
Korean: ko ^네타냐후
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira نِتانْیاهو
Russian: ru Нетанья́ху Nɛtanʹjáxu, ru Нетания́гу Nɛtanijágu, ru Нетанья́гу Nɛtanʹjágu
Sicilian: scn Nitagnau
Spanish: es Netanyahu m, es Netañaju m
Tajik: tg Нетанёҳу, tg Нетаняҳу
Thai: th เนทันยาฮู
Ukrainian: uk Нетанья́гу
Urdu: ur نیتَن یاہُو
Yiddish: yi נתניהו m
Spanish
Alternative forms
es Netañaju
Etymology
es :bor he:נְתַנְיָהוּ<tr:n'tanyáhu> + 1
Pronunciation
Netañáju +
Proper noun
m
es male Hebrew