noun
1. Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts
• Syn: ↑Gorky, ↑Maksim Gorky, ↑Maxim Gorki, ↑Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, ↑Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov
2. an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
• Syn: ↑Nizhnyi Novgorod, ↑Nizhni Novgorod, ↑Gorky, ↑Gorkiy
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Russia, ↑Russian Federation
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\\ˈgȯrkē, ˈgȯ(ə)k-, -ki\ adjectiveUsage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Gorki, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
: of or from the city of Gorki, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : of the kind or style prevalent in Gorki
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/gawr"kee/; Russ. /gawrdd"kyee/, n.
1. Also, Gorky. Maxim /mak"sim/; Russ. /mu ksyeem"/ (Aleksey Maksimovich Pyeshkov), 1868-1936, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist.
2. former name (1932-91) of Nizhni Novgorod.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.