Nizhni Novgorod: Meaning and Definition of

Nizh•ni Nov•go•rod

Pronunciation: (nizh'nē nov'gu-rod" Russ. nyē'zhnyē nôv'gu-rut), [key]
  1. a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River. 1,438,000. Formerly (1932–91),
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