English
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod comes from Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород.
- RussianmodernНи́жний Но́вгородliterally ‘lower Newtown’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Nizhny Novgorod
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- RussianmodernНи́жний Но́вгородliterally ‘lower Newtown’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Nizhny Novgorod
Earliest quotation: 2018, Phil McNulty, Tunisia 1 – 2 England: “England can now move on to face Panama in…”
The story
Borrowed from Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород (Nížnij Nóvgorod, literally “lower Newtown”).
Every English word from Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород
Today it means
name An oblast and federal subject of Russia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород / Nizhny Novgorod