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Kharkiv
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul uk Ха́рків, named after the Ukrainian city of en Kharkiv.
Proper noun
mul proper noun
en Asteroid Kharkiv: mul asteroid r/Asteroid Belt star system/Solar System; the 9167th asteroid registered
Synonyms
mul asteroid 9167 9167 Kharkiv (9167) Kharkiv 9167 (Kharkiv) 1981 SP2 (9167) 1981 SP2 9167 (1981 SP2) 1981 SP2 (Kharkiv) (1981 SP2) Kharkiv 9167 (1981 SP2) Kharkiv 1987 SS17 (9167) 1987 SS17 9167 (1987 SS17) 1987 SS17 (Kharkiv) (1987 SS17) Kharkiv 9167 (1987 SS17) Kharkiv
See also
en 9167 Kharkiv
English
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thumb|Kharkiv Oblast
thumb|Kharkiv Raion
thumb|Kharkiv
Alternative forms
from Russian en Khar'kov Kharkov Char'kov Charkov Har'kov Harkov
Etymology
en :bor uk:Ха́рків +
From en uk Ха́рків, from en zle-ort Ха́рковъ (compare ru Ха́рьков, whence en Kharkov). The city is named after the Kharkiv River. A folk etymology says the city and river are named after a Cossack called uk Харко́, from uk Харько́, from el Χαρίτων, but there is no hard evidence supporting this.
Pronunciation
en /ˈxɑːkiːv/ UK closest to the original Ukrainian
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kharkiv.wav Southern England
with /h/ en /ˈhɑːkiːv/ /ˈhɑːkɪv/ /hɑːˈkiːv/
with /k/ en /ˈkɑːkiːv/ /ˈkɑːkɪv/ /kɑːˈkiːv/
en /ˈxɑɹkiv/ US closest to the original Ukrainian
with /h/ en /ˈhɑɹkiv/ /ˈhɑɹkɪv/ /hɑɹˈkiv/
with /k/ en /ˈkɑɹkiv/ /ˈkɑɹkɪv/ /kɑɹˈkiv/
en iːv 2
en Khar kiv
Proper noun
en city en industrial city/administrative centre raion/Kharkiv obl/Kharkiv in eastern c/Ukraine.
en 2024 September 4th Vitali Vitaliev A salute to Ukraine’s ‘Second Army’ RAIL 1017 46 As a schoolboy in the Soviet Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv, (it was then spelled Kharkov in line with the all-permeating ‘Russification’), I was a railway buff.
en district en raion oblast/Kharkiv in eastern c/Ukraine Kharkiv.
en province en oblast in eastern c/Ukraine Kharkiv.
en Ivana Kottasová ‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s what we know w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/europe/kamikaze-drones-explained-update-intl 2022-10-17 But Ukraine claimed its forces had shot down one of these drones for the first time last month near the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv. https://web.archive.org/web/20251019144117/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/europe/kamikaze-drones-explained-update-intl/ 19 October 2025
en 2024-05-26 “Reporting from Ukraine” (channel name) 25 May: Ukrainians NULLIFY BRAND NEW RUSSIAN ENCIRCLEMENT OPERATION War in Ukraine Explained YouTube 2:23–2:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcbP_Cp6zd4&t=143s The Russian military command likely chose the seizure of Vovchansk as one of the key tactical objectives of the first phase of the offensive operation in northern Kharkiv Oblast, since Vovchansk is the largest settlement immediately on the border that would provide Russian forces a staging ground close to the Russian rear to prepare for and launch the second phase of the Russian offensive operation.
en 2025-04-23 Torsten Heinrich d:Q118524207 Trump wants Ukraine’s Capitulation. He won’t get it. Ukraine SITREP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUBi1u0vPE4 Military & History YouTube 4:21–4:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUBi1u0vPE4#t=261s We switch to the developments along the front line and, uh, the Ukrainians are reporting that the Russians do reconnaissance forces… send reconnaissance forces over the border in Chernihiv, in Sumy, as well as in Kharkiv, so basically along the whole northern border.
en river en river in eastern c/Ukraine.
en en asteroid en @ellipsis of:mul:9167 Kharkiv asteroid r/Asteroid Belt starsystem/Solar System.
Derived terms
en Kharkivian Kharkivite
Translations
city
Arabic: ar خَارْكِيف f, ar خَارْكُوف f ḵarkuf
Hijazi Arabic: acw خاركيف f ḵarkīf, ḵarkīv
Armenian: hy Խարկով
Azerbaijani: az Xarkov
Bashkir: ba Карҡыу
Belarusian: be Ха́ркаў m
Bulgarian: bg Ха́рков m
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ха́рків m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 哈爾科夫 Hā'ěrkēfū, cmn 卡爾可夫 Kǎ'ěrkěfū, cmn 哈爾基夫
Crimean Tatar: crh Harkiv, crh Qarkop
Czech: cs Charkov m
Danish: da Kharkiv n
Dutch: nl Charkov n, nl Charkiv n
Esperanto: eo Ĥarkovo
Estonian: et Harkiv
Farefare: gur Karkiu
Finnish: fi Harkova
French: fr Kharkiv m, fr Kharkov m
Georgian: ka ხარკოვი
German: de Charkiw n, de Charkow n
Greek: el Χάρκοβο n, el Χάρκιβ, el Χάρκοβ
Hebrew: he חַרְקוֹב f khárkov
Hindi: hi ख़ारकिव m, hi ख़ार्कोव m
Hungarian: hu Harkiv, hu Harkov
Italian: it Charkiv m
Japanese: ja ハルキウ Harukiu, ja ハリコフ Harikofu
Kazakh: kk Харьков
Korean: ko ^하르키우, ko ^하리코프
Kyrgyz: ky Харьков
Latin: la Charcovia
Latvian: lv Harkova f
Lithuanian: lt Charkovas m
Macedonian: mk Харков m
Marathi: mr खारकिव
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Харьков
Nogai: nog Каркув
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Kharkiv n
Old Ruthenian: zle-ort Харьковъ
Persian: fa خارکوف xârkuf
Polish: pl Charków m
Portuguese: pt Carcóvia f, pt Carquive f
Romanian: ro Harkiv, ro Harkov
Russian: ru Ха́рьков m, ru Ха́ркив m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ха̏рков m, sh Ха̏ркив m
Latin: sh Hȁrkov m, sh Hȁrkiv m
Slovak: sk Charkov m
Slovene: sl Harkov m
Spanish: es Járkov m, es Járkiv
Swedish: sv Charkiv n
Tajik: tg Харков
Tatar: tt Харкау
Turkish: tr Harkiv, tr Harkov
Turkmen: tk Harkow
Udmurt: udm Харьков
Ukrainian: uk Ха́рків m
Urdu: ur خارکیف m xārkīf
Uzbek: uz Xarkov
Vietnamese: vi Kharkiv
Yakut: sah Харьков
Yiddish: yi כאַרקעוו n, yi כאַרקאָוו n
raion
Polish: pl rejon charkowski m
Russian: ru Ха́рьковский райо́н m
Ukrainian: uk Харківський район
oblast
Belarusian: be Ха́ркаўская во́бласць f
Bulgarian: bg Харковска област
Macedonian: mk Харковска област
Marathi: mr खारकिव
Polish: pl obwód charkowski m
Russian: ru Ха́рьковская о́бласть f
Swedish: sv Charkiv n
Ukrainian: uk Ха́рківська о́бласть f
river
Swedish: sv Charkiv c
Ukrainian: uk Харків m
asteroid
See also
city en Kharkiv
raion en Kharkiv Raion
oblast en Kharkiv Oblast
river en Kharkiv River