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Adolf

American  
[ad-olf, ey-dolf, ah-dawlf] / ˈæd ɒlf, ˈeɪ dɒlf, ˈɑ dɔlf /
Also Adolph,

noun

  1. a first name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”


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Israeli politicians supporting the law say it will allow for a trial of historic significance, comparing it to that of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Maya Angelou’s autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was included in the purge; Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was not.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Unity traveled to Germany and became a friend of its leader, Adolf Hitler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

On the wall in my den are my father’s medals: a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star from when the United States sent my father, Marcelo Villanueva, and others like him, to fight Adolf Hitler.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

That night, CIA agent David Rolph—the agent who had run Adolf Tolkachev in Moscow—sent a classified cable to CIA headquarters describing the fall of the Berlin Wall.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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