Bunin
[ boo-nyin ]
/ ˈbu nyɪn /
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noun
I·van A·le·kse·e·vich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich], /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/, 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
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How to use Bunin in a sentence
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They were also called Bunin-jima (corrupted by foreigners into Bonin) because of their being without (bu) inhabitants (nin).
“What are you saying—Bunin is my age”—he would assure one with mock seriousness.
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British Dictionary definitions for Bunin
Bunin
/ (Russian ˈbunin) /
noun
Ivan Alekseyevich (iˈvan alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1870–1953, Russian novelist and poet; author of The Gentleman from San Francisco (1922)
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