Meanings
proper noun
- The capital city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia; the fourth-largest in the country by population.
England can now move on to face Panama in Nizhny Novgorod with confidence and momentum.
2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- RussianНи́жний Но́вгород
- EnglishNizhny Novgorod
Borrowed from Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород (Nížnij Nóvgorod, literally “lower Newtown”).
More words from Russian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نِيجْنِي نُوفْغُورُود
- نِيجْنِي نُوفْغُورُود (nijnī nufḡurud)large city in Russia
Bulgarian Ни́жни Но́вгород
- Ни́жни Но́вгород (Nížni Nóvgorod)large city in Russia
Catalan Nijni Nóvgorod
- Nijni Nóvgorodlarge city in Russia
Chinese Mandarin 下諾夫哥羅德 /下诺夫哥罗德
- 下諾夫哥羅德 /下诺夫哥罗德 (Xià-Nuòfūgēluódé)large city in Russia
Czech Nižnij Novgorod
- Nižnij Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Danish Nisjnij Novgorod
- Nisjnij Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Dutch Nizjni Novgorod
- Nizjni Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Esperanto Niĵnij Novgorod
- Niĵnij Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Finnish Nižni Novgorod
- Nižni Novgorodlarge city in Russia
French Nijni Novgorod
- Nijni Novgorodlarge city in Russia
German Nischni Nowgorod
- Nischni Nowgorodlarge city in Russia
Greek Νίζνι Νόβγκοροντ
- Νίζνι Νόβγκοροντ (Nízni Nóvgkoront)large city in Russia
Hebrew ניז׳ני נובגורוד
- ניז׳ני נובגורודlarge city in Russia
Hindi निज़्नी नॉवग्रोद
- निज़्नी नॉवग्रोद (niznī nŏvagrod)large city in Russia
Hungarian Nyizsnyij Novgorod
- Nyizsnyij Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Indonesian Nizhny Novgorod
- Nizhny Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Italian Nižnij Novgorod
- Nižnij Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Japanese ニジニ・ノヴゴロド
- ニジニ・ノヴゴロド (Nijini-Novugorodo)large city in Russia
Korean 니즈니노브고로드
- 니즈니노브고로드 (Nijeuninobeugorodeu)large city in Russia
Latin Novogardia Inferior
- Novogardia Inferiorlarge city in Russia
Latvian Ņižņijnovgoroda
- Ņižņijnovgorodalarge city in Russia
Lithuanian Žemutinis Naugardas
- Žemutinis Naugardaslarge city in Russia
Persian نیژنی نووگورود
- نیژنی نووگورود (nižni novgorod)large city in Russia
Polish Niżny Nowogród
- Niżny Nowogródlarge city in Russia
Portuguese Nijni Novgorod, Nijni-Novgorod
- Nijni Novgorodlarge city in Russia
- Nijni-Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Romanian Nijni Novgorod
- Nijni Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород, Ни́жний
- Ни́жний Но́вгород (Nížnij Nóvgorod)large city in Russia
- Ни́жний (Nížnij)large city in Russia
Spanish Nizhni Nóvgorod
- Nizhni Nóvgorodlarge city in Russia
Swedish Nizjnij Novgorod
- Nizjnij Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Thai นิจนีนอฟโกรอด
- นิจนีนอฟโกรอด (nítnee-nôfgohrôt)large city in Russia
Ukrainian Ни́жній Но́вгород
- Ни́жній Но́вгород (Nýžnij Nóvhorod)large city in Russia
Vietnamese Nizhny Novgorod
- Nizhny Novgorodlarge city in Russia
Cite this entry
APA
Nizhny Novgorod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nizhny%20Novgorod
MLA
“Nizhny Novgorod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nizhny%20Novgorod. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nizhny Novgorod,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nizhny%20Novgorod.
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