Novgorod

See also: Nóvgorod

English

Etymology

From Russian Но́вгород (Nóvgorod, “Newtown”). Doublet of Novigrad.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒv.ɡə.ɹɒd/, /ˈnɔːv.ɡə.ɹət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑv.ɡə.ɹɑd/

Proper noun

Novgorod

1. An oblast in northwestern Russia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
3. (historical) A former principality and medieval state located in modern Russia.

Synonyms

• Veliky Novgorod (the official name of the city)

Translations

city

• Arabic: نُوفْغُورُود m (nufḡurud)
• Armenian: Նովգորոդ (Novgorod)
• Belarusian: Но́ўгарад m (Nóŭharad)
• Bulgarian: Но́вгород m (Nóvgorod)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諾夫哥羅德 / 诺夫哥罗德 (zh) (Nuòfūgēluódé)

• Czech: Novgorod m
• Danish: Novgorod, Velikij Novgorod
• Esperanto: Novgorodo
• Finnish: Novgorod (fi)
• French: Novgorod (fr) m
• Georgian: ნოვგოროდი (novgorodi)
• German: Nowgorod (de) n
• Greek: Νόβγκοροντ (el) m (Nóvgkoront)
• Hebrew: נובגורוד
• Hindi: नॉवग्रोद (nŏvagrod)
• Icelandic: Hólmgarður m
• Japanese: ノヴゴロド (Novugorodo), ノブゴロド (Nobugorodo)
• Korean: 노브고로드 (Nobeugorodeu)
• Latin: Novogardia f
• Lithuanian: Naugardas m, Didysis Naugardas m
• Macedonian: Новгород m (Novgorod)
• Marathi: नॉव्हगोरॉड n (nŏvhagorŏḍ)
• Mongolian: Новгород (Novgorod)
• Old Church Slavonic: Новъградъ (Novŭgradŭ)
• Old East Slavic: Новъгородъ (Novŭgorodŭ)
• Old Norse: Holmgarðr m
• Ottoman Turkish: نوغورود (Novgorod)
• Persian: نووگورود, ولیکی نووگورود
• Polish: Nowgorod m
• Portuguese: Novgorod f
• Romanian: Novgorod (ro)
• Russian: Но́вгород (ru) m (Nóvgorod), Вели́кий Но́вгород (ru) m (Velíkij Nóvgorod)
• Serbo-Croatian: Новгород m, Novgorod m
• Spanish: Nóvgorod m
• Swedish: Novgorod
• Ukrainian: Но́вгород m (Nóvhorod)
• Vietnamese: Novgorod

See also

• Nizhny Novgorod

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnovɡorot]

Proper noun

Novgorod m inan (related adjective novgorodský, demonym Novgoroďan)

1. Novgorod (an oblast of Russia)
2. Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “Novgorod”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Novgorod”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vi.ɡo.ɾo.d͡ʒi/, /ˈnɔv.ɡo.ɾod͡ʒ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vi.ɡo.ɾo.d͡ʒi/, /ˈnɔv.ɡo.ɾod͡ʒ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔv.ɡo.ɾod͡ʒ/, /ˈnɔ.vi.ɡo.ɾo.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vɡu.ɾud/ [ˈnɔ.vɣu.ɾuð]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vɡu.ɾud/ [ˈnɔ.vɣu.ɾuð]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bɡu.ɾud/ [ˈnɔ.βɣu.ɾuð]

Proper noun

Novgorod f

1. Novgorod (an oblast of Russia)
2. Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Новгород (Novgorod). Replaced the older form Nougård

Proper noun

Novgorod n (genitive Novgorods)

1. Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)

   Synonyms: Holmgård, Velikij Novgorod

Usage notes

• Note that the name "Novgorod" on its own in Swedish always refers to the northern Novgorod (the Great Novgorod), while the southern city is always called with the double name Nizjnij Novgorod.