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Dostoyevsky

Dostoyevsky proper noun: a transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).

Proper noun

Dostoyevsky

  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).

Forms of Dostoyevsky

alternative formDostoevsky

Origin of Dostoyevsky

From Russian Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).

Words formed from Dostoyevsky

Questions about Dostoyevsky

What does Dostoyevsky mean?
Dostoyevsky means a transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
What part of speech is Dostoyevsky?
Dostoyevsky is a proper noun.

Words near Dostoyevsky in the dictionary

  1. Dostoyevskean
  2. Dostoyevskeian
  3. Dostoyevskeyan
  4. Dostoyevskian
  5. Dostoyevskiyan
  6. Dostoyevsky
  7. Dostoyevskyan
  8. Dostoyevskyian
  9. Dosts
  10. dosulepin
  11. Doswell

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