Moholy-Nagy

[ muh-hoh-lee-noj; Hungarian moh-hoi-nod-yuh ]

/ məˈhoʊ liˈnɒdʒ; Hungarian ˈmoʊ hɔɪˈnɒd yə /

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noun

Lász·ló

[las-loh; Hungarian lahs-loh] /ˈlæs loʊ; Hungarian ˈlɑs loʊ/ or La·dis·laus

[lah-dis-lous], /ˈlɑ dɪsˌlaʊs/, 1895–1946, Hungarian painter, designer, and photographer, in the U.S. after 1936.

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Words nearby Moholy-Nagy

Mohican, Mohism, Moho, Mohock, Mohole, Moholy-Nagy, Mohorovičić discontinuity, Mohr's circle, Mohs scale, mohua, mohur

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How to use Moholy-Nagy in a sentence

Tension was high in the courtroom packed with journalists and diplomats as Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata entered.
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Nagy would subsequently be hanged after a secret, Soviet-dictated trial.
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Not far from here are the celebrated gold, silver, and lead mines of Nagy Banya.
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Vlyi-Nagy, the first Magyar translator of Homer, belongs rather to the “popular” than the “classical” school.
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He kept his word, and we went by his own chaise and four to Nagy Szombat, where we took the train for Vienna.
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She saw Nagy Lajos go away, and young Barna court another girl.
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He died at Nagy-Hefln on the 11th of September 1645, leaving five sons.
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British Dictionary definitions for Moholy-Nagy

Moholy-Nagy

/ (məˈhəʊlɪˈnɒdʒ) /

noun

Laszlo (ˈlæzləʊ) or Ladislaus (ˈlɑːdɪsˌlaʊs). 1895–1946, US painter and teacher, born in Hungary. He worked at the Bauhaus (1923–29)

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