English Explanatory Dictionary

Potemkin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Потёмкин (Potjómkin).
  2. Resembling a Potemkin village; fake, facade.

Pronunciation

/pɒˈtɛm.kɪn/ /poʊˈtɛm.kɪn/ /pəˈtɛm(p).kən/

Word forms

Potemkin

Derived words

Potemkinian Potemkin village
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary