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name
A diminutive of the female given name Isabel, Isobel, Isabelle, Isabella, Elizabeth, Isidora, Isra, Izebel, Ismara and Isobelle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Israel, Isaac, Isambard, Isidore, Ismail, Chreistus, Chreistos, Isaiah, Isiah, Izzet, Isarn, Ismail and Isam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Jew or an Israeli Jew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal, sometimes
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History
From the /ɪz-/ root of the names + -y. The common noun derives from Isaac and Israel, male given names of Hebrew origin, popular among Jewish people, the latter also being the name of the self-defined Jewish state.
