Nizhni Novgorod

[nizh-nee nov-guh-rod, nyee-zhnyee nawv-guh-ruht]

noun

1. a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River.

Nizhni Novgorod

/ ˈniʒnij ˈnɔvɡərət /

noun

1. Former name (1932–91): Gorki. 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)

Example Sentences

In February 2019, right after his return from a conference in Nizhni Novgorod where Miftakhov gave his first talk in English, he was detained by the state authorities and accused of manufacturing explosives.

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Now, Bernardo Spagnolo, a biophysicist at the University of Palermo in Italy and collaborators at Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod in Russia have come up with a simple neurological model that does the trick.

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Other medieval exhibitions were the fairs held at Leipzig and Nizhni Novgorod in Europe, at Tanta in Egypt, and in 1689 that by the Dutch at Leiden.

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The Russian model was not spotted by a scout while selling vegetables at a stall in her home city of Nizhni Novgorod.

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Republic" says: "Under the present policy of the Government the United States will get the dyeing, curing, and manufacturing establishments from London, Amsterdam, Nizhni Novgorod, and other great centers.

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