Kyiv.
The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast.
Meaning & usage
The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast.
The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast. An oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Kyiv.
The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast. A former voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, established in 1471, disestablished in 1793.
The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast. A former governorate of Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in December 18, 1708, disestablished in November 7, 1764, re-established in 1802, disestablished again in 1925.
The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast. A former uyezd in Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire.
The Ukrainian government.
Ellipsis of the Kyiv District, synonym of the Kyivskyi District: an urban raion of Donetsk, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine; under Russian occupation.
Ellipsis of Kyiv Peninsula: a peninsula in Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Where this word comes from
Transliteration of Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), traditionally said to derive from the name of city's legendary founder, Kyi. Other proposals derive it from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Ukrainian кий (kyj)). See also at the article about Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).
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