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Veliky Novgorod

Today it means: A city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Full definition →

Russian Великий Новгород

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Russian · borrowed fromВеликий Новгород
English todayVeliky Novgorod

Borrowed from Russian Великий Новгород (Velikij Novgorod, literally “great Newtown”).

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