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vonal

Pronunciation: [ˈvonɒl]

“vonal” is a Hungarian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. line (a path marked by something, e.g. drawn by pencil)
  2. line, route (a road connecting two places)
  3. line (a threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark)
  4. file (the eight vertical lines labeled from a to h)
  5. line, boundary (the exterior limit of a territory)
  6. line (the wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection)
  7. line (a unit of length, one twelfth of an inch)

Etymology

From von (“to pull; to draw”) + -al (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. First attested in 1793.

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