potemkin village

İngilizce - Türkçe

potemkin village teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı

Potemkin köy

İngilizce - İngilizce

potemkin village teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances

Something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance: "the Potemkin village of this country's borrowed prosperity" (Lewis H. Lapham)

İlgili Terimler

Potemkin villages

plural form of Potemkin village

Heceleme

Po·tem·kin vil·lage

Türkçe nasıl söylenir

pıtemkîn vîlıc

Telaffuz

/pəˈtemkən ˈvələʤ/ /pəˈtɛmkɪn ˈvɪləʤ/

Etimoloji

() Purportedly named for fake settlements erected at the direction of Russian minister Grigori Alexsandrovich Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787.