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Nizhny Novgorod

Today it means: An oblast and federal subject of Russia. Full definition →

Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород

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Russian · borrowed fromНи́жний Но́вгород
English todayNizhny Novgorod

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.