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GORKY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gorky mean?
• GORKY (noun)
The noun GORKY 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: GORKY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Gorky" is a part of...):
Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
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