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name
Alternative form of Kyiv:
The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Alternative form of Kyiv:
An oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Kyiv.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Alternative form of Kyiv:
The government of Ukraine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically
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name
Synonym of Kievan Rus: a former principality in Europe centered on Kyiv.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Kievan Rus
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noun
Alternative form of kiev (“chicken Kiev or similar dish”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
A dish like chicken Kiev, with substitutes for the chicken, sauces or other components, to fit dietary restrictions such as vegetarianism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Kiev (“chicken Kiev”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Kyyiv, capital of the Ukraine
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Broader terms: national capital
History
From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), which folk-etymology derives from the name of city's legendary founder Kyi. Other proposals derive it from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Russian кий (kij)). See also at the article about Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).
