Russian, literally "steel," assumed name of Soviet Communist Party and Soviet Union leader Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (1879-1953). Also see Molotov.
stalactite
stalag
stalagmite
stale
stalemate
Stalin
Stalingrad
Stalinism
stalk
stalker
stall
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