Definition of Gorkiy

1. Noun. An industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky.

Exact synonyms: Gorki, Gorky, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Russia, Russian Federation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorkiy

Goreyesque
Gorgas
Gorgias
Gorgio
Gorgios
Gorgonean
Gorgonocephalus
Gorham's disease
Goriaew's rule
Gorilla gorilla beringei
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Gorilla gorilla grauri
Goring
Gorizia
Gorki
Gorkiy (current term)
Gorky
Gorlin's sign
Gorlin's syndrome
Gorlin's syndromes
Gorlin cyst
Gorlin formula
Gorman's syndrome
Gormenghastian
Gorno-Altaysk
Gorontalo
Gorsuch
Gosainthan
Gospel

Literary usage of Gorkiy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Russian Literature by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin (1905)
"... Modern Realism: Maxim Gorkiy. AN important division of Russian novelists, almost totally /\ unknown in Western Europe, and yet representing _£_ ..."

2. The Independent Review by Edward Jenks, Charles Roden Buxton (1907)
"All these critics have written excellently upon Gorkiy, who seems to have been more ... Il faut d'abord, suivant Gorkiy, détourner l'humanite des vains ..."

3. Soviet Russia by Friends of Soviet Russia, Soviet Union Russian Soviet Government Bureau (New York, N.Y.) (1920)
"... works of Tolstoy, Gorkiy, etc., are given. They have themselves organized a school, in which the courses are led by instructors from among the soldiers. ..."

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