Nizhny Novgorod

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Nizhny Novgorod

1. The fourth largest city in Russia.
   • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:

     England can now move on to face Panama in Nizhny Novgorod with confidence and momentum.

Synonyms

• Gorky (name from 1932 to 1990)
• Nizhny (colloquial)

Translations

large city in Russia

• Arabic: نِيجْنِي نُوفْغُورُود m (nijnī nufḡurud)
• Armenian: Նիժնի Նովգորոդ (Nižni Novgorod)
• Belarusian: Ні́жні Но́ўгарад m (Nížni Nóŭharad)
• Bulgarian: Ни́жни Но́вгород m (Nížni Nóvgorod)
• Catalan: Nijni Nóvgorod
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下諾夫哥羅德／下诺夫哥罗德 (Xià Nuòfūgēluódé), 下诺夫哥罗德 (Xià-Nuòfūgēluódé)

• Chuvash: Чулхула (Čulh̬ula)
• Czech: Nižnij Novgorod m
• Danish: Nisjnij Novgorod
• Dutch: Nizjni Novgorod
• Esperanto: Niĵnij Novgorod
• Finnish: Nižni Novgorod (fi)
• French: Nijni Novgorod (fr) m
• Georgian: ნიჟნი-ნოვგოროდი (nižni-novgorodi)
• German: Nischni Nowgorod (de) n
• Greek: Νίζνι Νόβγκοροντ m (Nízni Nóvgkoront)
• Hebrew: ניז'ני נובגורוד m
• Hindi: निज़्नी नॉवग्रोद (niznī nŏvagrod)
• Hungarian: Nyizsnyij Novgorod (hu)
• Indonesian: Nizhny Novgorod
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• Italian: Nižnij Novgorod
• Japanese: ニジニ・ノヴゴロド (Nijini-Novugorodo)
• Korean: 니즈니노브고로드 (Nijeuni-Nobeugolodeu)
• Latin: Novogardia Inferior
• Latvian: Ņižņijnovgoroda
• Lithuanian: Žemutinis Naugardas
• Macedonian: Нижни Новгород m (Nižni Novgorod)
• Mongolian: Нижний Новгород (Nižnii Novgorod)
• Ossetian: Дӕллаг Новгород (Dællag Novgorod)
• Persian: نیژنی نووگورود
• Polish: Niżny Nowogród (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nijni Novgorod f, Nijni-Novgorod f
• Romanian: Nijni Novgorod m
• Russian: Ни́жний Но́вгород (ru) m (Nížnij Nóvgorod), (colloquial) Ни́жний m (Nížnij)
• Serbo-Croatian: Нижњи Новгород m, Nižnji Novgorod (sh) m
• Slovene: Nižni Novgorod m
• Spanish: Nizhni Nóvgorod m
• Swedish: Nizjnij Novgorod
• Thai: นิจนีนอฟโกรอด (nítnee-nôfgohrôt)
• Ukrainian: Ни́жній Но́вгород m (Nýžnij Nóvhorod)
• Vietnamese: Nizhny Novgorod

See also

• Novgorod

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Nizhny Novgorod f

1. Alternative spelling of Nijni Novgorod