English
Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod comes from Russian Великий Новгород.
- RussianmodernВеликий Новгородliterally ‘great Newtown’
- EnglishtodayVeliky Novgorod
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- RussianmodernВеликий Новгородliterally ‘great Newtown’
- EnglishtodayVeliky Novgorod
The story
Borrowed from Russian Великий Новгород (Velikij Novgorod, literally “great Newtown”).
Every English word from Russian Великий Новгород
Today it means
name A city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian Великий Новгород / Veliky Novgorod