Великий Новгород

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The medieval Novgorod Republic used the appellation Господи́н Вели́кий Но́вгород (Gospodín Velíkij Nóvgorod, Lord Novgorod the Great). The form Вели́кий Но́вгород (Velíkij Nóvgorod, Novgorod the Great) continued to be occasionally used over the following centuries to distinguish Novgorod from Nizhny Novgorod, and was adopted as Novgorod's official name in 1999.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət]

Proper noun

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Вели́кий Но́вгород (Velíkij Nóvgorodm inan (genitive Вели́кого Но́вгорода, relational adjective новгоро́дский or великоновгоро́дский)

  1. Veliky Novgorod, formerly known simply as Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)

Declension

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