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Tolstoy

Tolstoy proper noun: a transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj).

Proper noun

Tolstoy

  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj).

Origin of Tolstoy

From Russian Толсто́й (Tolstój), from a stress variant of the ancestor of то́лстый (tólstyj, “stout”).

Words formed from Tolstoy

Phrases with Tolstoy

Questions about Tolstoy

What does Tolstoy mean?
Tolstoy means a transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj).
What part of speech is Tolstoy?
Tolstoy is a proper noun.

Words near Tolstoy in the dictionary

  1. Tolstoian
  2. Tolstoians
  3. Tolstovian
  4. tolstovka
  5. tolstovkas
  6. Tolstoy
  7. Tolstoy shirt
  8. Tolstoy shirts
  9. Tolstoyan
  10. Tolstoyans
  11. Tolstoyesque

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