POTEMKIN VILLAGE

Meaning of POTEMKIN VILLAGE in English

[Po.tem.kin village] n [Grigori Potemkin, who supposedly built impressive fake villages along a route Catherine the Great was to travel] (1937): an impressive facade or show designed to hide an undesirable fact or condition

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POTEMKIN VILLAGE — noun Etymology: Grigori Potëmkin, who supposedly built impressive fake villages along a route Catherine the Great was to travel Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — pəˈtem(p)kə̇n- noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Grigori A. Potemkin died 1791 Russ. statesman; from the story that Potemkin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — noun Etymology: Grigori Potëmkin, who supposedly built impressive fake villages along a route Catherine the Great was to travel Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — Pronunciation: p ə - ' tem(p)-k ə n- Function: noun Etymology: Grigori Potëmkin, who supposedly built impressive fake villages along …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — (русское) потемкинская деревня
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — (русское) потемкинская деревня
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POTEMKIN VILLAGE — Потёмкинские деревни
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — русск. потёмкинская деревня
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — русск. потёмкинская деревня
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — русск. потёмкинская деревня
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — (русское) потемкинская деревня
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN VILLAGE — (русское) потемкинская деревня
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VILLAGE — (-aje) n village
Interlingua English vocab
VILLAGE — ~; a. villagesi. VILLAGER: villageano
English interlingue dictionary
POTEMKIN — biographical name Grigory Aleksandrovich 1739-1791 Russian field marshal & statesman
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VILLAGE — ˈvilij, -lēj noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from ville, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VILLAGE — — villageless , adj. — villagey, villagy , adj. /vil"ij/ , n. 1. a small community or group of houses …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POTËMKIN — /poh tem"kin, peuh-/ ; Russ. /pu tyawm"kyin/ , n. Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich /gri gawr"ee al'ig zan"dreuh vich, -zahn"-/ ; Russ. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POTEMKIN — biographical name Grigory Aleksandrovich 1739-1791 Russian field marshal & statesman
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VILLAGE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vilage, from vil manorial estate, farmstead, from Latin villa Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VILLAGE — [vil.lage] n, often attrib [ME, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. ville farm, village, fr. L villa] (14c) 1 a: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POTEMKIN — Potemkin BrE AmE pə ˈtem p kɪn § -kən poʊ- —Russian [ pʌ ˈtʲɔm kʲɪn \] ▶ Po ˌ temkin …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VILLAGE — / ˈvɪlɪdʒ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a very small town located in a country area : We …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VILLAGE — vil ‧ lage S1 W1 /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: ville …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VILLAGE — n. 1 a a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VILLAGE — n. 1 a a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VILLAGE — n.1 a a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, esp. in …
Oxford English vocab
VILLAGE — ( villages) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A village consists of a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VILLAGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a commuter town/village (= that a lot of people leave each day to travel to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VILLAGE — [noun] [C] - a group of houses and other buildings, such as a church, a school and some shops, which …
Cambridge English vocab
VILLAGE — An incredibly stupid person. The village idiot. Created by Lawrence Russo in 1978. Example: I hate it when Byron drinks, …
Slang English vocab
VILLAGE — Amatueurish, of a lower standard that one is used to--as in village cricket. Example: You've made a village job of …
Slang English vocab
VILLAGE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , large ▪ little , small , tiny ▪ ancient , historic , medieval , old …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
VILLAGE — a short name for Greenwich Village in New York. See also Village Voice .
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
VILLAGE — сущ. 1) деревня; селение, село 2) амер. городок Syn : town 3) коллект. деревенские жители 4) колония животных деревня; село; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Potemkin
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POTEMKIN — Potemkin
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POTEMKIN — Потёмкин
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
VILLAGE — village.ogg ʹvılıdʒ n 1. 1> деревня; село; селение, посёлок 2> амер. посёлок ( городского типа ); городок; район с самоуправлением …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VILLAGE — деревня - radio village
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
VILLAGE — деревня - radio village
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
VILLAGE — n 1. 1) деревня; село; селение, посёлок 2) амер. посёлок ( городского типа ); городок; район с самоуправлением 2. собир. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VILLAGE — n 1. 1> деревня; село; селение, посёлок 2> амер. посёлок ( городского типа ); городок; район с самоуправлением 2. собир. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VILLAGE — сущ. 1) а) деревня, селение, село, поселок a small village — маленькая деревушка an obscure country village — глухая деревушка …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
VILLAGE — сущ. 1) а) деревня, селение, село, поселок a small village — маленькая деревушка an obscure country village — глухая деревушка a riverside village — деревня …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
VILLAGE — сущ. 1) село, деревня 2) амер. поселок 3) сельские жители - urban village
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
VILLAGE — 1) деревня, село 2) сельские жители - urban village
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
VILLAGE — сельский населённый пункт; деревня; посёлок, амер. городок - Olympic village - radio village - school village - urban-type village
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
VILLAGE — (the Village) см. Greenwich Village
VILLAGE — сущ. 1) деревня; селение, село 2) амер. городок Syn : town 3) коллект. деревенские жители 4) колония животных деревня; село; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Potemkin
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Potemkin
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POTEMKIN, GRIGORY (ALEKSANDROVICH) — born Sept. 24, 1739, Chizovo, Russia died Oct. 16, 1791, near Iaşi, Moldavia Russian army officer. He entered the horseguards …
Английский словарь Британика
POTEMKIN, GRIGORY ALEKSANDROVICH, PRINCE (KNYAZ) TAVRICHES — born Sept. 13 [Sept. 24, New Style], 1739, Chizovo, Russia died Oct. 5 , 1791, near Iasi [now in Romania] …
Britannica English vocabulary
POTEMKIN, GRIGORY ALEKSANDROVICH — born Sept. 24, 1739, Chizovo, Russia died Oct. 16, 1791, near Ia 015F; i, Moldavia Russian army officer. He entered …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POTEMKIN, GRIGORY — born Sept. 24, 1739, Chizovo, Russia died Oct. 16, 1791, near Ia 015F; i, Moldavia Russian army officer. He entered …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRIGORY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Ordzhonikidze Grigory Konstantinovich Orlov Grigory Grigoryevich Count Potemkin Grigory Aleksandrovich Rasputin Grigory Yefimovich Grigory …
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EISENSTEIN, SERGEY (MIKHAYLOVICH) — born Jan. 23, 1898, Riga, Latvia died Feb. 11, 1948, Moscow, U.S.S.R. Russian film director and theorist. He began his …
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CATHERINE II — Russian Yekaterina Alekseyevna orig. Sophie Friederike Auguste, princess von Anhalt-Zerbst known as Catherine the Great born May 2, 1729, Stettin, …
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ALEKSANDROVICH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bakunin Mikhail Aleksandrovich Blok Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky Bulganin Nikolay Aleksandrovich …
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