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Kievan

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkiːɛfən/
  • /ˈkiːɛvən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K IY1 V AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of Kyivan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Kyivan.

Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or associated with the city of Kiev, especially when referring to the medieval period (c. 880–c. 1150) when the city dominated the East Slavic lands which today are in Belarus, Ukraine, and minor parts of Moldova, Poland, and Russia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of Kyivan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, demonym

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History

Etymology

From Kiev + -an, from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).