# Zhukov

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #71,243

## Definitions
1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Жу́ков (Žúkov).
2. Marshall Georgy Zhukov, a Soviet Russian career officer in the Red Army, was one of the most decorated generals in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia.
3. A town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, named after Georgy Zhukov.

## Etymology
From Russian Жу́ков (Žúkov), from жук (žuk, “beetle”) + -ов (-ov, “genitive possessive ending”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/zhukov