Novgorod

American  

[nov-guh-rod, nawv-guh-ruht] / ˈnɒv gəˌrɒd, ˈnɔv gə rət /

noun

1. a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, SE of St. Petersburg: a former capital of Russia.

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Novgorod British  

/ ˈnɔvɡərət /

noun

1. a city in NW Russia, on the Volkhov River; became a principality in 862 under Rurik, an event regarded as the founding of the Russian state; a major trading centre in the Middle Ages; destroyed by Ivan the Terrible in 1570. Pop: 215 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Russia has not said where Putin was at the time, saying the attack was launched on the night of December 28-29 at Putin's home in the Novgorod region.

From Barron's

No visual evidence of an attack on Novgorod has been published, nor have any independent intelligence assessments been made public to confirm the veracity of Russia’s allegation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Head-to-head: England's men have only played Panama once – in Nizhny Novgorod seven years ago.

From BBC

Interceptions were reported across at least nine other regions of Russia, including Kaluga, Novgorod and the Moscow area, where nine drones were said to have been destroyed.

From BBC

About an hour before that Mordovia attack, Russia’s civil aviation authority halted flights at airports in two of the country’s largest cities, Nizhny Novgorod and Tatarstan’s Kazan, because of safety concerns.

From Seattle Times