Proper Name guide

Zhytomyr

name · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ʒɪˈtɔmɪɹ/
  • US: /-ˈtoʊm-/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A city and raion of Ukraine, municipal and regional administrative centre of Zhytomyr Oblast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An oblast in north-western Ukraine. Seat: Zhytomyr.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: province

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Жито́мир (Žytómyr), after a legendary Slavic prince.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Ժիտոմիր (Žitomir) — city
  • Belarusian: Жыто́мір (Žytómir) — city
  • Bulgarian: Жито́мир (Žitómir) — city
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Жытомир (Žŷtomyr) — city
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日托米爾 /日托米尔 (Rìtuōmǐ'ěr) — city
  • Crimean Tatar: Jıtomır — city
  • Czech: Žytomyr — city
  • Czech: Žitomír — city
  • Czech: Žitoměř — city
  • Danish: Zjytomyr — city
  • Danish: Zjitomir — city
  • Dutch: Zjytomyr — city
  • French: Jytomyr — city
  • French: Jitomir — city
  • Georgian: ჟიტომირი (žiṭomiri) — city
  • German: Schytomyr — city
  • German: Schitomir — city
  • German: Shytomyr — city
  • Greek: Ζιτόμιρ (Zitómir) — city
  • Japanese: ジトーミル (Jitōmiru) — city
  • Korean: 지토미르 (Jitomireu) — city
  • Lithuanian: Žitomyras — city
  • Lithuanian: Žytomyras — city
  • Marathi: झिटोमिर (jhiṭomir) — city
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zjytomyr — city
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zjytomyr — city
  • Persian: ژیتومیر (žitômir) — city
  • Polish: Żytomierz — city
  • Portuguese: Jitomir — city
  • Russian: Жито́мир (Žitómir) — city
  • Slovak: Žytomyr — city
  • Turkish: Jıtomır — city
  • Ukrainian: Жито́мир (Žytómyr) — city
  • Yiddish: זשיטאָמיר (zhitomir) — city
  • Belarusian: Жыто́мірская во́бласць (Žytómirskaja vóblascʹ) — oblast
  • Marathi: झिटोमिर (jhiṭomir) — oblast
  • Polish: Obwód żytomierski — oblast
  • Russian: Жито́мирская о́бласть (Žitómirskaja óblastʹ) — oblast
  • Ukrainian: Жито́мирська о́бласть (Žytómyrsʹka óblastʹ) — oblast