Etymology

isolani

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Today it means: A queen's pawn with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent files. Full definition →

Italian isolano
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  1. Italian · derived fromisolano“islander”
  2. English todayisolani

Coined by Aron Nimzowitsch, from Italian isolano (“islander”).

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