English Explanatory Dictionary

Gogol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Russian and Ukrainian surname.
num
  1. Misspelling of googol.

Word forms

Gogol

Etymology

From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.

Derived words

Gogolian
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