Akhmatova, Anna Syllabification: (Akh·ma·to·va, Anna)Pronunciation: /äKHˈmätəvə/Definition of Akhmatova, Anna (1889–1966), Russian poet; pseudonym of Anna Andreevna Gorenko. Akhmatova was a member of the Acmeist group of poets. Akhmatova, Anna in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Akhmatova, Anna in the British & World English dictionary