GORKI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gorki mean? 

• GORKI (noun)
  The noun GORKI has 2 senses:

1. Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts

2. an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky

  Familiarity information: GORKI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GORKI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov; Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov; Gorki; Gorky; Maksim Gorky; Maxim Gorki

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gorki; Gorkiy; Gorky; Nizhni Novgorod; Nizhnyi Novgorod

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Gorki" is a part of...):

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)