Gogol
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Definitions
Numeral
- 1 Misspelling of googol. alt-of, misspelling
Proper Noun
- 1 A Russian and Ukrainian surname.
Example
More examples"Why did Gogol burn the second part of "Dead Souls"?"
Etymology
From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.