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Potemkinian

Potemkinian adjective: of or relating to Russian minister Grigori Potemkin (1739–1791).

Adjective

Potemkinian (comparative more Potemkinian, superlative most Potemkinian)

  1. Of or relating to Russian minister Grigori Potemkin (1739–1791).

Forms of Potemkinian

comparativemore Potemkinian
superlativemost Potemkinian

Origin of Potemkinian

From Potemkin + -ian.

Questions about Potemkinian

What does Potemkinian mean?
Potemkinian means of or relating to Russian minister Grigori Potemkin (1739–1791).
What part of speech is Potemkinian?
Potemkinian is an adjective.

Words near Potemkinian in the dictionary

  1. Poteets
  2. potelot
  3. Potemkin
  4. Potemkin village
  5. Potemkin villages
  6. Potemkinian
  7. Potempa
  8. Potempas
  9. potence
  10. potences
  11. potench

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