"Kiev" meaning in English

See Kiev in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkiːɛv/, /ˈkiːɛf/, /ˈkiːɪv/, /ˈkjɛv/, /ˈkjɛf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kiev.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛv Etymology: From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ), 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 Киевъ (Kievŭ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|Ки́ев}} Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), {{der|en|orv|Киевъ}} Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ), {{der|en|sla-pro|*kyjь||stick, club, hammer}} Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”), {{cog|ru|кий}} Russian кий (kij), {{cog|orv|Киевъ}} Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kiev
  1. Alternative form of Kyiv:
    The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast.
    Categories (place): Cities in Ukraine, Kyiv, National capitals, Places in Ukraine
    Sense id: en-Kiev-en-name-KlmIKaFk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 1 33 39
  2. Alternative form of Kyiv:
    An oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Kyiv.
    Categories (place): Oblasts of Ukraine, Places in Ukraine
    Sense id: en-Kiev-en-name-qTh5SBcn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 1 33 39
  3. Alternative form of Kyiv:
    (metonymically) The government of Ukraine.
    Tags: metonymically
    Sense id: en-Kiev-en-name-JhU-mJtw Categories (other): English metonyms
  4. (historical) Synonym of Kievan Rus, a former principality in Europe centered on Kyiv. Tags: historical Synonyms: Kievan Rus [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Kiev-en-name-9NfE1wXP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 1 33 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kiev Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Kievan Rus, Kyivan Rus, Principality of Kiev, Principality of Kyiv Derived forms: chicken Kiev, Kievan

Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːɛv/, /ˈkiːɛf/, /ˈkiːɪv/, /ˈkjɛv/, /ˈkjɛf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kiev.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Kievs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛv Etymology: From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ), 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 Киевъ (Kievŭ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|Ки́ев}} Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), {{der|en|orv|Киевъ}} Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ), {{der|en|sla-pro|*kyjь||stick, club, hammer}} Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”), {{cog|ru|кий}} Russian кий (kij), {{cog|orv|Киевъ}} Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Kiev (countable and uncountable, plural Kievs)
  1. Short for chicken Kiev Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: chicken Kiev
    Sense id: en-Kiev-en-noun-S~jHT0pF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exonyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 1 33 39 Disambiguation of English exonyms: 24 16 1 26 33

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "Kyivan Rus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Principality of Kiev"
    },
    {
      "word": "Principality of Kyiv"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Kiev (disambiguation)",
    "en:Kyiv"
  ],
  "word": "Kiev"
}

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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Russian",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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  ],
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        "2": "ru",
        "3": "Ки́ев"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "Киевъ"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "sla-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "stick, club, hammer"
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "кий"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orv",
        "2": "Киевъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ), 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 Киевъ (Kievŭ).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "~"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "chicken Kiev"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:chicken Kiev."
        }
      ],
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        "Short for chicken Kiev"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkiːɛv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiːɛf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiːɪv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkjɛv/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkjɛf/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Kiev.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Kiev.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Kiev (disambiguation)",
    "en:Kyiv"
  ],
  "word": "Kiev"
}

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