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Nureyev

nu·reyev

US/nɜrˈaɪʌv/ uncommon

noun

1.

Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)

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Origin

Transliteration of Russian Нуре́ев (Nuréjev), from Tatar Нуриев (Nuriyew).

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