Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород (Nížnij Nóvgorod, literally “lower Newtown”).

Proper noun

Nizhny Novgorod

1. An oblast of Russia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, the fourth-largest in the country by population.
   • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎, archived from the original on 21 April 2019:

     England can now move on to face Panama in Nizhny Novgorod with confidence and momentum.

Synonyms

• Gorky (name from 1932 to 1990)
• Nizhny (colloquial)

Translations

large city in Russia

Arabic: نِيجْنِي نُوفْغُورُود‎ m (nijnī nufḡurud) Armenian: Նիժնի Նովգորոդ (Nižni Novgorod) Belarusian: Ні́жні Но́ўгарад m (Nížni Nóŭharad) Bulgarian: Ни́жни Но́вгород m (Nížni Nóvgorod) Catalan: Nijni Nóvgorod Chinese: Mandarin: 下諾夫哥羅德／下诺夫哥罗德 (Xià-Nuòfūgēluódé) Chuvash: Чулхула (Čulh̬ula) Czech: Nižnij Novgorod m Danish: Nisjnij Novgorod Dutch: Nizjni Novgorod Esperanto: Niĵnij Novgorod Finnish: Nižni Novgorod (fi) French: Nijni Novgorod (fr) m Georgian: ნიჟნი-ნოვგოროდი (nižni-novgorodi) German: Nischni Nowgorod (de) n Greek: Νίζνι Νόβγκοροντ m (Nízni Nóvgkoront) Hebrew: ניז׳ני נובגורוד‎ m Hindi: निज़्नी नॉवग्रोद (niznī nŏvagrod) Hungarian: Nyizsnyij Novgorod (hu) Indonesian: Nizhny Novgorod Italian: Nižnij Novgorod Japanese: ニジニ・ノヴゴロド (Nijini-Novugorodo) Korean: 니즈니노브고로드 (Nijeuninobeugorodeu) Latin: Novogardia Inferior Latvian: Ņižņijnovgoroda Lithuanian: Žemutinis Naugardas Macedonian: Нижни Новгород m (Nižni Novgorod) Mongolian: Нижний Новгород (Nižnii Novgorod) Ossetian: Дӕллаг Новгород (Dællag Novgorod) Persian: نیژنی نووگورود‎ (nižni novgorod) Polish: Niżny Nowogród (pl) m Portuguese: Nijni Novgorod f, Nijni-Novgorod f Romanian: Nijni Novgorod m Russian: Ни́жний Но́вгород (ru) m (Nížnij Nóvgorod), (colloquial) Ни́жний (ru) m (Nížnij) Serbo-Croatian: Нижњи Новгород m, Nižnji Novgorod (sh) m Slovene: Nižni Novgorod m Spanish: Nizhni Nóvgorod m Swedish: Nizjnij Novgorod n Thai: นิจนีนอฟโกรอด (nítnee-nôfgohrôt) Ukrainian: Ни́жній Но́вгород m (Nýžnij Nóvhorod) Vietnamese: Nizhny Novgorod

See also

• Novgorod

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Nizhny Novgorod f

1. Alternative spelling of Nijni Novgorod