Potëmkin

[ poh-tem-kin, puh-; Russian puh-tyawm-kyin ]

/ poʊˈtɛm kɪn, pə-; Russian pʌˈtyɔm kyɪn /

noun

Prince Gri·go·ri A·le·ksan·dro·vich

[gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich, -zahn-; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ, -ˈzɑn-; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/,1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.

Example sentences from the Web for potemkin

Potemkin distillers are going to have all the juice they need for years to come.

Your ‘Craft’ Rye Whiskey Is Probably From a Factory Distillery in Indiana |Eric Felten |July 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It's as Potemkin Village-ish a piece of journalistic writing as I've seen in a long time.

The Des Moines Register's Practical Joke |Michael Tomasky |October 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
No one outside Limbaughland or Trumpville, Potemkin villages where no one will vote for Obama anyway, credited the humbug.

Robert Shrum on the Vice Presidential Debate: Biden’s Win Was a Big F@$&ing Deal |Robert Shrum |October 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The lobbyist-journalist-politician scandal has dynamited the Potemkin village that is Indian journalism.

The Fall of India's Katie Couric? |Tunku Varadarajan |November 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

It was a Potemkin Village of technology, camera-ready but a long way short of leaving the ground.

Is Boeing's New Plane Safe? |Clive Irving |June 23, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The favour of the throne followed alike in both instances; and Potemkin soon became the guide of the Russian councils.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 |Various
The pageant fades away as did the celebrated palace which Potemkin reared for his Imperial Mistress.

The Jenolan Caves |Samuel Cook
He recalled all the words spoken at that first meeting with Potemkin.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy
Oczakow taken from the Turks by storm by the Russians under prince Potemkin, who had about 1,000 killed in the assault.

The Every Day Book of History and Chronology |Joel Munsell
Besides Potemkin's Park, the town has another of great beauty, which serves as a public promenade.

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. |Xavier Hommaire de Hell

British Dictionary definitions for potemkin

Potemkin

Potyomkin

/ (pɒˈtɛmkɪn, Russian paˈtjɔmkin) /

noun

Grigori Aleksandrovich (ɡriˈɡɔrij alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1739–91, Russian soldier and statesman; lover of Catherine II, whose favourite he remained until his death, and who is reputed to have erected sham villages along the route of the Empress's 1787 tour of the Crimea

apparently impressive but actually sham or artificial North Korea's Potemkin hospital

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Potëmkin

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British Dictionary definitions for potemkin

Potyomkin

noun