Gorky

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Gorky
    n 1: Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted
         for his depiction of social outcasts [syn: {Gorky}, {Maksim
         Gorky}, {Gorki}, {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},
       {Gorki}, {Gorky}, {Gorkiy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gorky \Gorky\ prop. n.
   An industrial city in the European part of Soviet Russia.

   Syn: Gorki, Gorkiy, Nizhni Novgorod.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

GORKY

M., a resident of Russia who became unpopular with the
government and moved.  He endeavored to make a lecture tour of
the United States accompanied by another man's wife.  Learned
that this was not the usual custom in America.  His managers
and hotel proprietors requested him to continue his travels.
Ambition:  A czarless Russia; less fussy people.  Publications:
Much unpatriotic literature.

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