Nizhni Novgorod

[ nizh-nee nov-guh-rod; Russian 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. 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

Example Sentences

Your article in the Nizhni-Novgorod Listok was balm to my soul.

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Martha was arrested and exiled to a convent in Nizhni-Novgorod.

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After a long course of drudgery he had the good fortune to obtain the place of secretary to a barrister at Nizhni-Novgorod.

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I am sitting at home in Moscow, but meantime my enterprise in the Nizhni Novgorod province is in full swing already!

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To illustrate this I take a recent instance from the province of Nizhni-Novgorod.

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