Gogol Definition

ggl; E gōgəl
pronoun

A Russian and Ukrainian surname.

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noun

Common misspelling of googol.

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Synonyms:
  • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Origin of Gogol

  • From Russian Гоголь (Gógol’) and Ukrainian Гоголь (Hóhol’). The surname is from Ukrainian гоголь (hóhól’, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolĭ.

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  • Compare Russian гоголь (gógol’), Belarusian гогаль (hóhal’), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogol’), Polish gogol.

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Gogol Sentence Examples

  • Fortunately his friend Holderlin, now tutor in Frankfort, secured a similar situation there for Hegel in the family of Herr Gogol, a merchant (January 1797).

  • Gogol's novel Taras Bulba (1834), was situated a little higher up the river.

  • Gogol, described as " the Russian Dickens ", wrote this monumental farce about human greed and folly in 1835.

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Words Starting With

GGOGOG

Words Ending With

LOLGOL

Unscrambles

Gogol

Words Starting With G and Ending With L

Starts With G & Ends With LStarts With GO & Ends With LStarts With G & Ends With OL

Word Length

5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With G5 Letter Words Ending With L