Nizhni Novgorod
[ nizh-nee nov-guh-rod; Russian nyee-zhnyee nawv-guh-ruh t ]
/ ˈnɪʒ ni ˈnɒv gəˌrɒd; Russian ˈnyi ʒnyi ˈnɔv gə rət /
noun
a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River.
Formerly
Gorki.
Example sentences from the Web for nizhni novgorod
Your article in the Nizhni-Novgorod Listok was balm to my soul.
Letters of Anton Chekhov |Anton ChekhovTo illustrate this I take a recent instance from the province of Nizhni-Novgorod.
Russia |Donald Mackenzie WallaceMartha was arrested and exiled to a convent in Nizhni-Novgorod.
Women of the Teutonic Nations |Hermann SchoenfeldAfter a long course of drudgery he had the good fortune to obtain the place of secretary to a barrister at Nizhni-Novgorod.
British Dictionary definitions for nizhni novgorod
Nizhni Novgorod
/ (Russian ˈniʒnij ˈnɔvɡərət) /
noun
a city and port in central Russia, at the confluence of the Volga and Oka Rivers: situated on the Volga route from the Baltic to central Asia; birthplace of Maxim Gorki. Pop: 1 288 000 (2005 est)
Former name (1932–91): Gorki