Mykolaiv

English

Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv Raion

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ukrainian Микола́їв (Mykolájiv) (cognate with Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev)), from Микола́й (Mykoláj, Nicholas) (cognate with Russian Никола́й (Nikoláj)), commemorating the fall of the Turkish fortress of Ochakov/Ochakiv on St Nicholas’ day, December 6, 1789.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪkəˈlɑː(j)ɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɪkəˈlɑ(j)ɪv/
  • Hyphenation: Myko‧la‧iv

Proper noun

Mykolaiv

  1. A shipbuilding city, the administrative centre of Mykolaiv Oblast and Mykolaiv Raion, on the Buh river in southern Ukraine.
    • 2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times:
      He is worried for his parents, who live in Mykolaiv, a port city on the Black Sea where Abramenko was raised. It sits between the occupied city of Kherson and Odessa, expected to be a key target of the Russians.
  2. A raion of Mykolaiv Oblast, in southern Ukraine. Seat: Mykolaiv.
  3. An oblast in southern Ukraine. Seat: Mykolaiv.
  4. A town in Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
  5. A raion of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. Seat: Mykolaiv.

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