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English word origin

Etymology of V4

From V(isegrád) + 4 (the number of countries involved).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

The four Visegrád countries of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, who have a European political alliance.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From V(isegrád) + 4 (the number of countries involved).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

An internal combustion engine with four cylinders in two banks of two in a V-shaped formation.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From V- + 4.

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