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• Potëmkin
  Potëmkin

  noun

  Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
• Potemkin
  Potemkin

  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

Potëmkin

American  

[poh-tem-kin, puh-, puh-tyawm-kyin] / poʊˈtɛm kɪn, pə-, pʌˈtyɔm kyɪn /

noun

1. Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.

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Potemkin British  

/ paˈtjɔmkin, pɒˈtɛmkɪn /

noun

1. 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

2. apparently impressive but actually sham or artificial

   North Korea's Potemkin hospital

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