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Van Gogh

/vanˈɡɒxUS/vænˈɡoʊ/

Van Gogh proper noun: vincent van Gogh, Dutch draughtsman and painter.

van gogh: vincent van Gogh, Dutch draughtsman and painter
Image: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Proper noun (1)

Van Gogh

  1. Vincent van Gogh, Dutch draughtsman and painter.
    • This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to...2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11

Proper noun (2) capitalized: van Gogh

van Gogh

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Van Gogh.
    • This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to...2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11
    • [James] Grundvig — a construction manager turned author who spent three years researching the van Gogh book — says the painting’s history supports his theory.2016 November 6, Bill Sanderson, “I think the Met’s $95M van Gogh masterpiece is a fake”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2016

Van Gogh meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam

Van Gogh in Hindi

Van Gogh
वैन गो, विन्सेंट वैन गो vinsẽṭ vain go

Van Gogh in Marathi

Van Gogh
फिन्सेंत फां गोघ phinsenta phā̃ gogh

Van Gogh in Bengali

Van Gogh
ভ্যান গখ bhên gokh, ভিনসেন্ট ভ্যান গখ bhinośenṭo bhên gokh

Van Gogh in Malayalam

Van Gogh
വിന്സന്റ് വാന്ഗോഗ് vinsanṟŭ vāngōgŭ
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Van Gogh in Arabic
فَان غُوخ fan ḡuḵ, فِينْسِنْت فَان غُوخ finsint fan ḡuḵ
Van Gogh in Persian
ونگوگ vangôg, ونسان ونگوگ vansân vangôg
Van Gogh in Thai
ฟินเซนต์ ฟัน โคค Finsén fan Kók

Forms of Van Gogh

alternative formvan Gogh

Origin of Van Gogh

From Dutch van Gogh (literally “from Goch”).

Words formed from Van Gogh

Words that rhyme with Van Gogh

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Van Gogh

What does Van Gogh mean?
Van Gogh means vincent van Gogh, Dutch draughtsman and painter.
What is Van Gogh in Hindi?
Van Gogh in Hindi is वैन गो, विन्सेंट वैन गो (vinsẽṭ vain go). See Van Gogh meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Van Gogh?
Van Gogh is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Van Gogh?
Van Gogh is pronounced /vænˈɡoʊ/ (US).

Words near Van Gogh in the dictionary

  1. van Eyckian
  2. Van Gelder
  3. Van Gelders
  4. Van Gemert
  5. Van Gemerts
  6. Van Gogh
  7. Van Gogh syndrome
  8. Van Goghesque
  9. Van Goghian
  10. Van Goghs
  11. van Gulik

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