Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Kyiv design bureau that bears his name, maker of the An-2 biplane and later of the An-225, the heaviest aircraft ever built.
Āndōngnuòfū zào guo shìjiè shàng zuì dà de yùnshūjī.
Antonov once built the largest transport aircraft in the world.
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Standard Chinese transliteration of the Russian/Ukrainian surname Antonov (Антонов). In Chinese aviation press, usually appears as 安东诺夫设计局 (Antonov Design Bureau) or shortened to 安东诺夫公司.
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Four syllables matching the Russian: 安 (Ān) + 东 (dōng) + 诺 (nuò) + 夫 (fū). The 夫 at the end is the same 'fu' used for most Slavic -ov/-ev surnames (e.g. 戈尔巴乔夫 Gorbachev).