# Mussolini

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌmʊsəˈliːni/ · frequency rank #23,607

## Definitions
1. A surname from Italian.

## Etymology
From Italian Mussolini, from mussola, mussolina (“muslin”), from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq.

## Common misspellings (11)
`mmussolini`, `msusolini`, `musolini`, `musoslini`, `mussloini`, `mussoilni`, `mussoliin`, `mussolinni`, `mussollini`, `mussolnii`, `umssolini`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mussolini