Kiev

See also: kiev and Kíev

English

Alternative forms

Kyiv, Kyjiv, Kyyiv, Kief
(obsolete) Kiow, Kiovia, Kiew, Kiou

Etymology

From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from the name of a legendary founder, Кий (Kij), from a Slavic word for “bat”, though some dismiss this as folk etymology and instead trace it to a local word. Compare Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv), from Кий (Kyj).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛv

Proper noun

Kiev

The capital of Ukraine
The medieval principality centred on Kiev; the Kievan state or Kievan Rus
Kiev province (oblast) of Ukraine

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Kiev.

Synonyms

(province): Kiev Oblast, Kyiv Oblast

Derived terms

Translations

Ukrainian city

Albanian: Kievi m, Kiev m (definite)
Amharic: ኪየቭ (kiyäv)
Arabic: كِيِيف‎‎ m (kiyīf, kiyef)
Armenian: Կիև (Kiew)
Azerbaijani: Kiyev (az)
Bashkir: Киев (Kiyev)
Belarusian: Кі́еў m (Kíjeŭ)
Bengali: কিয়েভ (kiyebh)
Bulgarian: Ки́ев m (Kíev)
Burmese: ကီးယက်မြို့ (ki:yakmrui.)
Chechen: Киев (Kiew)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 基輔 (zh), 基辅 (zh) (Jīfǔ)
Chuvash: Кейӳ (Kejü)
Crimean Tatar: Kiyev
Czech: Kyjev (cs) m
Danish: Kiev
Dutch: Kiëv, Kiev (nl)
Esperanto: Kievo
Estonian: Kiiev (et)
Finnish: Kiova (fi)
French: Kiev (fr) m
Georgian: კიევი (ḳievi)
German: Kiew (de) n
Greek: Κίεβο (el) n (Kíevo)
Hebrew: קִיֶב / קייב‎‎ f (kiyev)
Hindi: कीव (kīv)
Hungarian: Kijev (hu)
Icelandic: Kænugarður m, Kíev
Indonesian: Kiev
Irish: Cív f
Italian: Kijev
Japanese: キエフ (ja) (Kiefu)
Kannada: ಕೀವ್ (kīv)
Kashubian: Czijew m
Kazakh: Киев (Kïev)
Khmer: គៀវ (kiev)
Korean: 키예프 (Kiyepeu)
Kyrgyz: Киев (Kiyev), Киев (Kiyev)
Lao: ຄີຢິບ (khī yip)
Latin: Kiovia f
Latvian: Kijeva f
Lithuanian: Kijevas (lt) m
Macedonian: Ки́ев m (Kíev)

Malay: Kiev
Malayalam: കീവ് (kīvŭ)
Maltese: Kiev, Kjev
Mongolian: Киев (Kijev)
Navajo: Kííyeb
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Kiev (no)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Кꙑѥвъ m (Kyjevŭ)
Old East Slavic: Кꙑѥвъ m (Kyjevŭ)
Old English: Cænugeard
Ossetian: Киев (Kiev)
Persian: کیف‎‎ (fa) (kiyef)
Polish: Kijów (pl) m
Portuguese: Kiev (pt) f, Quieve (pt) f
Romanian: Kiev (ro) m
Russian: Ки́ев (ru) m (Kíjev)
Rusyn: Ки́їв m (Kýjiv)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Кијев m

Roman: Kijev (sh) m
Silesian: Kijůw m
Slovak: Kyjev (sk) m
Slovene: Kijev m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Kijew m

Upper Sorbian: Kijew m
Spanish: Kiev (es) m
Swedish: Kiev (sv)
Tagalog: Kiev
Tajik: Киев (tg) (Kiyev)
Tamil: கீவ் (kīv)
Tatar: Киев (Kiyew)
Telugu: క్యివ్ (kyiv)
Thai: เคียฟ (kîiaf)
Turkish: Kiev (tr)
Turkmen: Kyýiw, Kiýew
Ukrainian: Ки́їв (uk) m (Kýjiv)
Urdu: کیف‎‎ (kīf)
Uyghur: كىيېۋ‎‎ (kiyëw)
Uzbek: Kiyev
Vietnamese: Ki-ép
Volapük: Küyiv
Yiddish: קיִעוו‎‎ (kiev)

Medieval principality — see Kievan Rus

Kiev province (oblast)

Belarusian: Кі́еўская во́бласць f (Kíjeŭskaja vóblascʹ)
Macedonian: Ки́евска о́бласт f (Kíevska óblast)

Russian: Ки́евская о́бласть f (Kíjevskaja óblastʹ), Ки́евщина f (Kíjevščina) (Ukraine)
Ukrainian: Ки́ївська о́бласть (uk) f (Kýjivsʹka óblastʹ), Ки́ївщина f (Kýjivščyna)

Anagrams

kive, vike

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkijɛf/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Kiev n

Kiev

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kjɛv/

Proper noun

Kiev m

Kiev

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Kieve (uncommon), Quieve (uncommon), Kyiv (rare), Quiev (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev, “Kiev”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ˈɛv/, /ki.ˈɛ.vi/

Proper noun

Kiev f

Kiev (the capital city of Ukraine)

Derived terms

kievano
kieviano

Spanish

Proper noun

Kiev m

Kiev

Swedish

Alternative forms

Kijef
Kijeff
Kijev
Kyiv

Proper noun

Kiev

Kiev, the capital of Ukraine

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