adj
Meaning 1
Awkward or strange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Gorky
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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name
Meaning 2
A placename
Nizhny Novgorod, a city in Russia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
A placename
Alternative spelling of Gorki, Alternative spelling of Horki (a city in Belarus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from Russian
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Maxim Gorky
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorki, Gorkiy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
noun
Meaning 6
Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Maksim Gorky, Gorki, Maxim Gorki, Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
History
Etymology
From Russian Го́рький (Górʹkij).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: Գորկի (Gorki) — former name of Nizhny Novgorod
- Chinese Mandarin: 高爾基 /高尔基 (Gāo'ěrjī) — former name of Nizhny Novgorod
- Danish: Gorkij — former name of Nizhny Novgorod
- Finnish: Gorki — former name of Nizhny Novgorod
- Ingrian: Gorjki — former name of Nizhny Novgorod
- Marathi: गोर्की (gorkī) — former name of Nizhny Novgorod
- Russian: Го́рький (Górʹkij) — former name of Nizhny Novgorod
- Armenian: Գորկի (Gorki) — Russian surname
- Azerbaijani: Qorki — Russian surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 高爾基 /高尔基 (Gāo'ěrjī) — Russian surname
- Danish: Gorkij — Russian surname
- Finnish: Gorki — Russian surname
- Macedonian: Горки (Gorki) — Russian surname
- Marathi: गोर्की (gorkī) — Russian surname
- Russian: Го́рький (Górʹkij) — Russian surname
- Turkish: Gorki — Russian surname
Real reading context