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Kievan
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English
Etymology
From en Kiev an, from en ru Ки́ев.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkiːɛfən/ /ˈkiːɛvən/
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Adjective
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en Kyivan.
Of or associated with the city of en capital city c/Ukraine Kyiv.
en historical 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.
Derived terms
en Kievan state
en Kievan Rus
Noun
en demonym en Kyivan.
Quotations
en Kyiv
References
The Oxford English Dictionary
en Demonyms Ukraine Kyiv