Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gorky
IPA transcription: [ɡ'ɔɹki]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Nizhnyi_Novgorod, Nizhni_Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy
    Meaning: an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
  • Synonyms: Gorky, Maksim_Gorky, Gorki, Maxim_Gorki, Aleksey_Maksimovich_Peshkov, Aleksey_Maximovich_Peshkov
    Meaning: Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts
Usage examples
  • Gorky was hopeful; Smolny had made concessions.
  • For Gorky, the Bitter One, is essentially a Russian in his grasp on the facts of life and in his treatment.