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- proper noun an
Arabic given name
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jumpy en route to his mistress tried to convince himself that his resentments of Hanif, _his friend Hanif_, were primarily -- how to put it?
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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Hanif is the third person today who says they were targeted for carrying a camera or cell phone.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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I would often hear my grandfather recall Hanif's her Muhammad Amir
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I would often hear my grandfather recall Hanif's her Muhammad Amir
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The witch, a Christian known as Hanif, told 18-year-old Ramizul Hassan that he needed a large quantity of child’s blood to predict the winning number.
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I think I’ll have a word with Hanif an’ see if he can’t give me a clue about OPEC’s price plans for this winter.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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I think I’ll have a word with Hanif an’ see if he can’t give me a clue about OPEC’s price plans for this winter.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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I think I’ll have a word with Hanif an’ see if he can’t give me a clue about OPEC’s price plans for this winter.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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It was only after reading Hanif Kureishi's novella "My Son the Fanatic" that I realized that "Asian" meant "Muslim," and in particular a second generation of British-born Muslims who had convinced themselves that they were living among the infidels.
A Toast to Will and Kate Bret Stephens 2011
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Mark Wilson/Getty Images D-I-F-F-I-C-U-L-T:Hanif Harold Brown, right, of St. Thomas considered his defeat after misspelling the word 'nataka' in the semi-finals of the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday in National Harbor, Md.
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