Kyiv

English thumb|Kyiv Oblast Alternative forms en Kiev en Kyïv Kyjiv Kyyiv obsolete en Kiou Kiov Kiow Kiew Kiof Kioff Kief Kieff Kiovia Kiowia Etymology en uk Ки́їв, from en orv Кꙑевъ, traditionally said to derive from the name of city's legendary founder, Kyi. Other proposals derive it from en sla-pro *kyjь stick, club, hammer (compare to uk кий). See also at the article about orv Кꙑевъ. Pronunciation en /ˈkiːɪv/ /kiːˈɪv/ /ˈkiːv/ /ˈkjɪv/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kyiv.wav Southern England en iːv 1 Proper noun en Q1899en The <<capital city>> of <<c/Ukraine>> ;and regional <<administrative centre>> of <<oblast:Suf/Kyiv>>. 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 The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20240618131223/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/europe/kamikaze-drones-explained-update-intl/ en Holly Yan, Jeff Winter Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing that killed a Ukrainian refugee is charged with a federal crime. Here’s what we know w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/us/woman-stabbed-on-train-north-carolina-gop-leaders 2025-09-10 Zarutska graduated from Synergy College in Kyiv with a degree in art and restoration, her obituary says. https://web.archive.org/web/20251101213411/https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/us/woman-stabbed-on-train-north-carolina-gop-leaders en Q170036en oblast c/Ukraine Kyiv. en historical en former voivodeship c/ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth established in 1471, disestablished in 1793. en historical en former governorate c/Tsardom of Russia,Russian Empire,Ukrainian People's Republic,Ukrainian State,Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic established in December 18, 1708, disestablished in November 7, 1764, re-established in 1802, disestablished again in 1925 . en historical en former uyezd p/Kiev Governorate c/Russian Empire. en metonym The Ukrainian government. en 2022-06-23 Emily Rauhala; Karina Tsui E.U. has backed candidate status for Ukraine. Here’s what that means. https://web.archive.org/web/20220623230831/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/22/ukraine-eu-candidate-member-russia-invasion/ 2022-06-23 w:The Washington Post Europe “Ukraine’s future is within the EU,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter after the decision, describing it as a “unique and historical moment” in Kyiv’s relations with the bloc. en 2022-10-04 Kevin Liffey Kremlin welcomes Elon Musk proposal for Ukraine settlement denounced by Kyiv https://web.archive.org/web/20221004120506/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-welcomes-elon-musk-proposal-ukraine-settlement-denounced-by-kyiv-2022-10-04/ 2022-10-04 w:Reuters Europe After Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of four Ukrainian provinces last week, Kyiv said it was applying to join NATO, and would not negotiate with Russia as long as Putin is president. en @ellipsis of:Kyiv District @syn of:Kyivskyi District urban raion city/Donetsk raion/Donetsk oblast/Donetsk c/Ukraine ; under Russian occupation. en @ellipsis of:Kyiv Peninsula peninsula r/Antarctic Peninsula cont/Antarctica. Usage notes In the 20th century, the city was almost universally known as en Kiev. Style guides updated since 2005 recommend using the spelling Kyiv, which is the Ukrainian government's official Roman-alphabet name for the city according to the national standard for romanization of Ukrainian uk Київ. The spelling Kyiv has been adopted by geographic naming databases, international organizations, major newspapers, dictionaries, and many other reference sources. See the Wikipedia article Name of Kyiv Name of Kyiv. Due to the former imposition of Russian language on Ukraine before its independence in 1991, the choice of spelling may be interpreted as having political overtones. The Ukrainian-derived spelling Kyiv is the overall most neutral English spelling; however, it may be viewed as supportive or sympathetic towards Ukraine's self-determination. The Russian-derived spelling en Kiev may be viewed as supportive or sympathetic towards Russia's imperial views of Ukraine. These issues have come to the fore during the Russo-Ukrainian_War Russo-Ukrainian War which began in 2014. Quotations en Derived terms en chicken cutlet Kyiv-style chicken Kyiv chicken Kyiv-style cutlet Kyiv-style Kyiv District Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Peninsula Kyiv-style chicken Kyiv-style chicken cutlet Kyiv-style cutlet Kyivan Kyivan Rus Kyivan Rus' Kyivian Kyivite Principality of Kyiv supreme de volaille a la Kyiv suprême de volaille à la Kyiv Related terms en Kyivskyi Descendants ru Ку́ев 1 Translations capital city of Ukraine Abkhaz: ab Киев Afrikaans: af Kijif, af Kiëf Albanian: sq Kievi m definite, sq Kiev m indefinite Amharic: am ኪየቭ Arabic: ar كِيِيف f, ar كِيِيف f kiyef Hijazi Arabic: acw كِييف f kiyīf Aragonese: an Kiev Armenian: hy Կիև Assamese: as কিয়েভ, as কীভ Asturian: ast Kiev Avar: av Киев Azerbaijani: az Kiyev, az Kiyif obsolete South Azerbaijani: az كييف Bashkir: ba Киев Belarusian: be Кі́еў m Latin: be Kijeŭ m łacinka Bengali: bn কিয়েভ Breton: br Kyiv, br Kyiv Bulgarian: bg Ки́ев m Burmese: my ကီးယက်မြို့ Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ки́їв m, rue Кыёв Catalan: ca Kíiv, ca Kiev Chechen: ce Киев Chinese: Cantonese: yue 基輔 gei1 fu6 Mandarin: cmn 基輔 Jīfǔ Chuvash: cv Кейӳ, cv Киев Circassian: West Circassian: ady Киев Corsican: co Kyiv f Crimean Tatar: crh Kıyiv, crh Kiyev, crh Qıyab Czech: cs Kyjev m Danish: da Kiev n Dutch: nl Kiëv n, nl Kiev n Erzya: myv Кеёв Esperanto: eo Kijivo, eo Kievo Estonian: et Kiiev Farefare: gur Kiyiu, gur Kiyu Faroese: fo Kyiv Finnish: fi Kiova Franco-Provençal: frp Kiev French: fr Kiev m, fr Kyiv m, fr Kyïv m Frisian: North Frisian: frr Kiew n Amrum, frr Kyjiw n Föhr West Frisian: de Kiëv n, de Kyjiv n Galician: gl Kíiv Georgian: ka კიევი German: de Kiew n, de Kyjiw n Alemannic German: gsw Kiew n Bavarian: bar Kiew Greek: el Κίεβο n Ancient Greek: grc Κιωουία f Pontic Greek: pnt Κίεβο Gujarati: gu કિવ Haitian Creole: ht Kyèv Hawaiian: haw Kiewa Hebrew: he קייב f kiyev קִיֶב / קייב Hindi: hi कीव m Hungarian: hu Kijev, hu Kijiv Icelandic: is Kænugarður m, is Kíev Ido: io Kiyiv Indonesian: id Kiev Ingush: inh Киев Interlingua: ia Kiev Irish: ga Cív f Italian: it Kiev f, it Kyiv f, it Chiovia f (obsolete) Jamaican Creole: jam Kiev, jam Kyiv Japanese: ja キーウ Kīu, ja キエフ Kiefu Kalmyk: xal Киев Kannada: kn ಕೀವ್ Karakalpak: kaa Kyiv Kashubian: csb Czijew m Kazakh: kk Киев Khmer: km គៀវ Komi: Komi-Permyak: koi Киев Komi-Zyrian: kpv Киев Korean: ko ^키이우 South Korea, ko ^키예프 South Korea, ko ^끼예브 North Korea Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Kîev, kmr Kiyêv Kyrgyz: ky Киев, ky Кейип Ladino: lad Kyiv Lao: lo ຄີຢິບ Latin: la Kiovia f, la Chiovia f Latvian: lv Kijeva f Lezgi: lez Киев Lithuanian: lt Kijevas m, lt Kyjivas m Low German: German Low German: nds-de Kiew Macedonian: mk Ки́ев m Malay: ms Kiev, ms Kyiv Malayalam: ml കീവ് Maltese: mt Kiev, mt Kjev Manchu: mnc ᡤᡳᡳ᠋ᠣ Marathi: mr क्यीव Mari: Western Mari: mrj Киев Moksha: mdf Кыив Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Киев Mongolian script: mn ᠻᠢᠶᠧᠸ Nahuatl: nah Kiev Navajo: nv Tsinaaʼeełíkʼeh Nogai: nog Кыйып Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kiev Nynorsk: nn Kiev Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Кꙑѥвъ m Old East Slavic: orv Кꙑевъ m, orv Киевъ m Old Norse: non Kœnugarðr m, non Kænugarðr m Ossetian: os Киев Papiamentu: pap Kiev Pashto: ps کييف m kiyef Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira کِیِف Polish: pl Kijów m Portuguese: pt Kiev f, pt Quieve f uncommon, pt Kyiv f rare Quechua: qu Kiyiw Romanian: ro Kiev m Russian: ru Ки́ев m, ru Кыйи́в m Sami: Inari Sami: smn Kiova Sardinian: sc Kiev f, sc Kyiv f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ки̏јев m Latin: sh Kȉjev m Silesian: szl Kijůw m Sinhalese: si කීව් Slovak: sk Kyjev m Slovene: sl Kijev m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Kijew m Upper Sorbian: hsb Kijew m Spanish: es Kiev m Sranan Tongo: srn Kyiv Swedish: sv Kiev n Tagalog: tl Kiev Tajik: tg Киев Tamil: ta கீவ் Tatar: tt Кияү Telugu: te క్యివ్ Thai: th เคียฟ Tibetan: bo ཀིབ Turkish: tr Kiev, tr Kıyiv rare Ottoman Turkish: ota كيف Kiyef Turkmen: tk Kyýiw, tk Kiýew Udmurt: udm Киев Ukrainian: uk Ки́їв m Urdu: ur کِیف m Uyghur: ug كىيېۋ Uzbek: uz Kiyev Venetan: vec Kyiv Vietnamese: vi Ki-ép, vi Cơ Phụ dated Volapük: vo Küyiv Welsh: cy Kyiv Yakut: sah Киев Yiddish: yi קיִעוו n Zazaki: zza Kyiv, zza Kiev province (oblast) Afrikaans: af Kijif, af Kiëf Asturian: ast Óblast de Kíiv m, ast Óblast de Kiev m, ast Provincia de Kíiv f, ast Provincia de Kiev f Basque: eu Kieveko oblasta, eu Kyiveko oblasta Belarusian: be Кі́еўская во́бласць f, be Кі́еўская во́бласьць f, be Кі́еўшчына f Catalan: ca Óblast de Kíiv m, ca Óblast de Kíev m, ca Província de Kíiv f, ca Província de Kíev f Esperanto: eo Kijiva provinco Galician: gl Óblast de Kíiv m, gl Óblast de Kiev m Ido: io Provinco Kiyiv Macedonian: mk Ки́евска о́бласт f Marathi: mr क्यीव Polish: pl obwód kijowski m Russian: ru Ки́евская о́бласть f, ru Ки́евщина f Ukraine Swedish: sv Kiev oblast n, sv Kievs län n Ukrainian: uk Ки́ївська о́бласть f, uk Ки́ївщина f Further reading Kyiv, Kiev, Kyïv, Kyjiv, Kyyiv, Kiou, Kiov, Kiow, Kiew, Kiof, Kioff, Kief, Kieff, Kiovia, Kiowia Anagrams en ikvy Kivy en Ukrainian politics Dutch Etymology nl uk Київ. This form has been gaining currency instead of nl Kiev, particularly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Proper noun n nl Kiev French Alternative forms fr Kyïv Etymology fr :bor uk:Ки́їв fr uk Ки́їв. Proper noun m fr Kiev fr La lutte sociale et politique en Ukraine 1917-1918-1919 28 La dispersion par les Allemands des assemblées des paysans, les arrestations faites à Kyiv après le coup d’état devinrent le signal de la révolte des paysans. fr Bulletin of the International Committee of Historical Sciences 10 La deuxième petite rivière, Lybed, maintenant à peine visible, autrefois assez importante (3), limitait les hauteurs de Kyiv au sud ; fr Documents de séance w:Council of Europe 1996 11 2 Soixante élèves sont également inscrits à l’«école du dimanche» de la communauté juive ukrainienne, à Kyiv. fr w:Anne Applebaum Famine rouge : La guerre de Staline en Ukraine Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine Grasset 2019 978-2-246-85492-0 De 1941 à 1945, les armées hitlériennes luttèrent contre celles de Staline à Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa et Sébastopol. From 1941 to 1945, Hitler's armies fought against those of Stalin at Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa and Sebastopol. fr Asami Terajima Carnet de bord de la résistance ukrainienne Nouveau Monde 2022 978-2-38094-328-3 D’origine japonaise, j’ai grandi en Ukraine, où je suis arrivée à l’âge de 10 ans avec mes parents, qui se sont installés à Kyiv après avoir travaillé trois ans à Moscou. Of Japanese origin, I grew up in Ukraine, where I turned 10 with my parents, who moved to Kyiv after working for three years in Moscow. Italian Alternative forms it Kyïv Etymology it :bor uk:Київ it uk Київ. Pronunciation chì.ji.u Proper noun f it Kyiv Q1899 1 it Kiev Chiovia Usage notes The spelling it Kyiv (or sometimes the more pedantic it Kyïv) have become more common in printed materials since the fall of the Soviet Union and also since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nevertheless, the only spoken form insofar is it Kiev and it's not rare for a document to write it Kyiv and read it Kiev. Norwegian Bokmål nb: Etymology nb uk Ки́їв, from nb orv Кꙑевъ, traditionally said to derive from the name of city's legendary founder, Kyi. Other proposals derive it from nb sla-pro *kyjь stick, club, hammer (compare to uk кий). See also at the article about orv Кꙑевъ. Proper noun nb proper noun from 2022 nb Kyiv Q1899 Usage notes Until early 2022, the term Kiev was used almost exclusively instead, as it was the term used in English-language material. After the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Norwegian media groups rapidly changed their preferred spelling to Kyiv in Q2 2022 to show their support to Ukraine in the war. Portuguese pt: Proper noun pt Quieve