Kharkiv.
An industrial city, the administrative centre of Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
Meaning & usage
An industrial city, the administrative centre of Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
A raion of Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kharkiv.
An oblast in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kharkiv.
A river in eastern Ukraine.
Ellipsis of 9167 Kharkiv: an asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.
Where this word comes from
From Ukrainian Ха́рків (Xárkiv), from Old Ruthenian Ха́рьковъ (Xárʹkov) (compare Russian Ха́рьков (Xárʹkov), whence English Kharkov). The city is named after the Kharkiv River. A folk etymology says the city and river are named after a Cossack called Харко́ (Xarkó), from Харько́ (Xarʹkó), from Greek Χαρίτων (Charíton), but there is no hard evidence supporting this.
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