POTËMKIN

Meaning of POTËMKIN in English

/poh tem"kin, peuh-/ ; Russ. /pu tyawm"kyin/ , n.

Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich /gri gawr"ee al'ig zan"dreuh vich, -zahn"-/ ; Russ. /grddyi gaw"rddyee u lyi ksahn"drddeuh vyich/ , 1739-91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.

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POTEMKIN — biographical name Grigory Aleksandrovich 1739-1791 Russian field marshal & statesman
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POTEMKIN — biographical name Grigory Aleksandrovich 1739-1791 Russian field marshal & statesman
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTEMKIN — Potemkin BrE AmE pə ˈtem p kɪn § -kən poʊ- —Russian [ pʌ ˈtʲɔm kʲɪn \] ▶ Po ˌ temkin …
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POTEMKIN — Potemkin
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Potemkin
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Потёмкин
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Potemkin
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Potemkin
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTEMKIN — Pronunciation: p ə - ' tyo ̇ m(p)-k ə n, p ō - ' tem(p)- Function: biographical name Grigory Aleksandrovich …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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, 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 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 — [Po.tem.kin village] n [Grigori Potemkin, who supposedly built impressive fake villages along a route Catherine the Great was to travel] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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 …
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POTEMKIN, GRIGORY — born Sept. 24, 1739, Chizovo, Russia died Oct. 16, 1791, near Ia 015F; i, Moldavia Russian army officer. He entered …
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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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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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CINE-CLUB — a group formed to study the art of the cinema through discussion or the actual making of films. In England …
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KHERSON — also spelled Cherson, city and administrative centre of Kherson oblast (province), southern Ukraine. It lies on the right (west) bank …
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EISENSTEIN, SERGEY MIKHAYLOVICH — born Jan. 23, 1898, Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire died Feb. 11, 1948, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Russian film director and theorist …
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CATHERINE II — born May 2 [April 21, Old Style], 1729, Stettin, Prussia [now Szczecin, Pol.] died Nov. 17 , 1796, Tsarskoye Selo …
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EISENSTEIN — Ei ‧ sen ‧ stein, Ser ‧ gei /ˈaɪz ə nstaɪn, ˈseəɡeɪ $ sərˈɡeɪ-/ BrE AmE (1898–1948) a Russian film …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EISENSTEIN, SERGEI — Ei ‧ sen ‧ stein, Ser ‧ gei /ˈaɪz ə nstaɪn, ˈseəɡeɪ $ sərˈɡeɪ-/ BrE AmE (1898–1948) a Russian film …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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