Orwell

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Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːwɛl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈoɹwɛl/

Proper noun edit

Orwell

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3650).
A river in Suffolk, England.
A town in New York.
A village in Ohio.
A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
A town in Vermont.
An English surname.

Usage notes edit

In addition to the construction Orwellian, it is very common to use the author's pseudo-surname as a stand-in for "totalitarian" and to make coinages based on it, e.g. "Orwellabama" (Orwell + Alabama)^[1] or "Orwellesque".^[2]

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

surname

Japanese: オーウェル (Ōweru)
Russian: О́руэлл (ru) (Óruell)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Орвел

Roman: Orvel
Vietnamese: Ô-oen

References edit

^ "Orwellabama? Crimson Tide Track Locations to Keep Students at Games", The New York Times (September 12, 2019)
^ "George Orwell is stealing my work", American Thinker (November 14, 2016)

Anagrams edit

Rowell, Woller

[1] "Orwellabama? Crimson Tide Track Locations to Keep Students at Games", The New York Times (September 12, 2019)

[2] "George Orwell is stealing my work", American Thinker (November 14, 2016)

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