Definition of Groznyy

1. Noun. The capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields.

Exact synonyms: Grozny
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Russia, Russian Federation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Groznyy

Grosseto
Grossman
Grossulariaceae
Grothendieck group
Grotowskian
Groucho
Ground Zero
Groundhog Day
Grove
Grover
Grover's disease
Grover Cleveland
Groves
Grozny
Groznyy (current term)
Grub Street
Grubb's test
Grubb's tests
Gruber's cul-de-sac
Gruber's method
Gruber's reaction
Gruber-Landzert fossa
Gruber-Widal reaction
Gruidae
Gruiformes
Grundyism
Grus
Grus americana

Literary usage of Groznyy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"However, on August 14, 1999, a deacon of the Groznyy Baptist Church was kidnaped and held for ransom in Groznyy and another church member was kidnaped ..."

2. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Country Studies by Glenn Eldon Curtis (1995)
"In March 1992, Gamsakhurdia convened a parliament in exile in the Chechen city of Groznyy. In 1992 and 1993, his armed supporters prevented the Georgian ..."

3. Long Road to Recovery; Community Responses to Industrial Disaster by James Kenneth Mitchell (1996)
"... important industrial plants in places such as Sarajevo, Groznyy, and Sukhumi - with far-reaching consequences for the economic survival of those cities. ..."

4. Information Assurance: Trends in Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Technologies by Jacques S. Gansler, Hans Binnendijk (2004)
"... if not ineffective, when fighting in cities, a lesson painfully learned by the Russians in Groznyy Chechnya, in 1996 and again this past year. ..."

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