городок

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Russian

Etymology

го́род (górod) +‎ -о́к (-ók)

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Noun

городо́к (gorodókm inan (genitive городка́, nominative plural городки́, genitive plural городко́в)

  1. diminutive of го́род (górod): small city, town
    Synonym: го́род m (górod)
    • 1790, Александр Радищев [Alexander Radishchev], “Валдай”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Но́вый сей городо́к, ска́зывают, населё́н при царе́ Алексе́е Миха́йловиче взя́тыми в плен поля́ками
      Nóvyj sej gorodók, skázyvajut, naseljón pri caré Alekséje Mixájloviče vzjátymi v plen poljákami
      This new little town was settled, they say, in the reign of Tsar Aleksey Mikhaylovich, by Polish prisoners of war.

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