Novgorod

Novgorod

See also: Nóvgorod

English

Etymology

From Russian Но́вгород (Nóvgorod, “Newtown”). Doublet of Novigrad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɒvɡəɹɒd/, /ˈnɔːvɡəɹət/

Proper noun

Novgorod

1. An oblast in northwestern Russia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
3. A former principality and medieval state located in modern Russia.

Synonyms

• Veliky Novgorod (the official name of the city)

Translations

city

Arabic: نُوفْغُورُود‎ m (nufḡurud) Armenian: Նովգորոդ (Novgorod) Belarusian: Но́ўгарад m (Nóŭharad) Bulgarian: Но́вгород m (Nóvgorod) Chinese: Mandarin: 諾夫哥羅德／诺夫哥罗德 (zh) (Nuòfūgēluódé) Czech: Novgorod m Danish: Novgorod, Velikij Novgorod Esperanto: Novgorodo Finnish: Novgorod (fi) French: Novgorod (fr) m Georgian: ნოვგოროდი (novgorodi) German: Nowgorod (de) n Greek: Νόβγκοροντ (el) m (Nóvgkoront) Hebrew: נובגורוד‎ Hindi: नॉवग्रोद (nŏvagrod) Icelandic: Hólmgarður m Japanese: ノヴゴロド (Novugorodo), ノブゴロド (Nobugorodo) Korean: 노브고로드 (Nobeugorodeu), 벨리키노브고로드 (Bellikinobeugorodeu) Latin: Novogardia f Macedonian: Новгород m (Novgorod) Mongolian: Новгород (Novgorod) Old Church Slavonic: Новъградъ (Novŭgradŭ) Old East Slavic: Новъгородъ (Novŭgorodŭ) Old Norse: Holmgarðr m Ottoman Turkish: نوغورود‎ (Novgorod) Persian: نووگورود‎, ولیکی نووگورود‎ Polish: Nowgorod m Portuguese: Novgorod f Romanian: Novgorod (ro) Russian: Но́вгород (ru) m (Nóvgorod), Вели́кий Но́вгород (ru) m (Velíkij Nóvgorod) Serbo-Croatian: Новгород m, Novgorod m Spanish: Nóvgorod m Swedish: Novgorod Ukrainian: Но́вгород m (Nóvhorod) Vietnamese: Novgorod

See also

• Nizhny Novgorod

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnovɡorot]

Proper noun

Novgorod m

1. Novgorod (an oblast of Russia)
2. Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)

Derived terms

• Novgoroďan
• novgorodský

Further reading

• Novgorod in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Novgorod in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Novgorod f

1. Novgorod (an oblast of Russia)
2. Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Novgorod n (genitive Novgorods)

1. Novgorod (an oblast of Russia)
2. Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)

Usage notes

• Note that the name "Novgorod" on its own in Swedish always refers to the northern or great Novgorod, while the southern town is always called with the double name Nizjnij Novgorod.