Goncharov

[ gon-chuh-rawf, -rof; Russian guhn-chyi-rawf ]

noun

I·van A·le·xan·dro·vich [ih-vahn-al-ig-zan-druh-vich, -zahn-, ahy-vuhn; Russian ee-vahnuh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich], /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ, -ˈzɑn-, ˈaɪ vən; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/, 1812–91, Russian novelist.

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How to use Goncharov in a sentence

[Rushdie] cut to a passage that imagined the most indolent couple imaginable, Linda Evangelista and Goncharov's Ilya Oblomov.
Celebrating World Literature | Emily Stokes | April 30, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Instead, he cut to a passage that imagined the most indolent couple imaginable, Linda Evangelista and Goncharov's Ilya Oblomov.
Celebrating World Literature | Emily Stokes | April 30, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Goncharov is important from the English point of view through one book alone.
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British Dictionary definitions for Goncharov

Goncharov

/ (ˌɡʌntʃəˈrɔf) /

noun

Ivan Aleksandrovich (ɪˈvan alɛksanˈdrɔvɪtʃ). 1812–91, Russian novelist: his best-known work is Oblomov (1859)

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