Kiev

See also: kiev and Kíev

English

Alternative forms

• (from Ukrainian) Kyiv (official) Kyïv, Kyjiv, Kyyiv
• (obsolete) Kiou, Kiow, Kiovia, Kiowia, Kiew, Kief, Kieff

Etymology

From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from the name of a legendary founder, Кий (Kij), from Proto-Slavic *kyjь "stick, club", though some dismiss this as folk etymology and instead trace it to a local word. Compare Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv), from Кий (Kyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːɛv/, /ˈkiːɛf/, /ˈkiːɪv/

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛv

Proper noun

Kiev

1. A city, the administrative centre of Kiev oblast, capital city of Ukraine.
2. (metonymically) The government of Ukraine.
3. A province, an oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Kiev.
4. (historical) A former principality in Europe. The medieval principality centered on Kiev; the Kievan state or Kievan Rus.

Usage notes

• The choice between the Russian-derived name Kiev and the Ukrainian-derived name Kyiv may be interpreted as having political overtones.
• In the 20th century the city was almost universally known as Kiev. Style guides updated between 2005 and 2020 recommend using the spelling Kyiv. The Ukrainian government's official roman-alphabet name for the city is Kyiv, according to the national standard for romanization of Ukrainian Київ (Kyjiv), and has been adopted by geographic naming databases, international organizations, and by many other reference sources. See w:Name_of_Kyiv.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Kiev.

Synonyms

province

• Kiev Oblast
• Kyiv Oblast

 

principality

• Kievan Rus
• Kyivan Rus
• Principality of Kiev
• Principality of Kyiv

 

Derived terms

• Kievan
• chicken Kiev

Translations

capital city of Ukraine

• Abkhaz: Киев (Kʼjev)
• Adyghe: Киев (Kijev)
• Afrikaans: Kiëf
• Albanian: Kievi m (definite), Kiev m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ኪየቭ (kiyäv)
• Arabic: كِيِيف (ar) f (kiyīf), كِيِيف (ar) f (kiyef)

  Hijazi: كِييڤ f (kiyīv, kiyēv), كِييف f (kiyīf, kiyēf)

• Aragonese: Kiev
• Armenian: Կիև (hy) (Kiew)
• Assamese: কিয়েভ (kiebh), কীভ (kibh)
• Asturian: Kiev, Kyiv
• Avar: Киев (Kijew)
• Azerbaijani: Kiyev (az)
• Bashkir: Киев (Kiyev)
• Bavarian: Kiew
• Belarusian: Кі́еў m (Kíjeŭ)
• Bengali: কিয়েভ (kiẏebh)
• Breton: Kyiv, Kyiv
• Bulgarian: Ки́ев m (Kíev)
• Burmese: ကီးယက်မြို့ (ki:yakmrui.)
• Catalan: Kíiv (ca), Kiev
• Chechen: Киев (Kijev)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 基輔／基辅 (gei¹ fu⁶), 基辅 (gei¹ fu⁶)

  Mandarin: 基輔／基辅 (zh) (Jīfǔ), 基辅 (zh) (Jīfǔ)

• Chuvash: Кейӳ (Kejü), Киев (Kiev)
• Crimean Tatar: Kiyev
• Czech: Kyjev (cs) m
• Danish: Kiev n
• Dutch: Kiëv (nl) n, Kiev (nl) n
• Erzya: Киев (Kijev)
• Esperanto: Kievo
• Estonian: Kiiev (et)
• Farefare: Kiyiu
• Faroese: Kyiv
• Finnish: Kiova (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Kiev
• French: Kiev (fr) m
• Georgian: კიევი (ḳievi)
• German: Kiew (de) n
• Greek: Κίεβο (el) n (Kíevo)

  Ancient Greek: Κιωουία f (Kiōouía)

• Gujarati: કિવ (kiv)
• Haitian Creole: Kyèv
• Hawaiian: Kiewa
• Hebrew: קִיֶב / קייב f (kiyev)
• Hindi: कीव m (kīv)
• Hungarian: Kijev (hu), Kijiv
• Icelandic: Kænugarður (is) m, Kíev
• Indonesian: Kiev
• Ingush: Киев (Kijev)
• Interlingua: Kiev
• Irish: Cív f
• Italian: Kijev
• Jamaican Creole: Kiev, Kyiv
• Japanese: キエフ (ja) (Kiefu), キーウ (ja) (Kīu)
• Kalmyk: Киев (Kiyev)
• Kannada: ಕೀವ್ (kīv)
• Karakalpak: Kyiv
• Kashubian: Czijew m
• Kazakh: Киев (Kiev)
• Khmer: គៀវ (km) (kiəw)
• Komi-Permyak: Киев (Kijev)
• Komi-Zyrian: Киев (Kijev)
• Korean: 키이우 (ko) (Kiiu) (South Korea), 키예프 (ko) (Kiyepeu) (South Korea), 끼예브 (ko) (Kkiyebeu) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kîev, Kiyêv

• Kyrgyz: Киев (Kiyev)
• Ladino: Kyiv
• Lao: ຄີຢິບ (khī yip)
• Latin: Kiovia f, Chiovia f
• Latvian: Kijeva f
• Lezgi: Киев (Kiev)
• Lithuanian: Kijevas (lt) m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Kiew

• Macedonian: Ки́ев m (Kíev)
• Malay: Kiev, Kyiv
• Malayalam: കീവ് (kīvŭ)
• Maltese: Kiev, Kjev
• Manchu: ᡤᡳᡳ᠋ᠣ (giio)
• Marathi: क्यीव (kyīv)
• Mari:

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  Western Mari: Киев (Kijev)

• Moksha: Кыив (Kijiv)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Киев (Kijev)

  Mongolian: ᠻᠢᠶᠧᠧ (kiyēē)

• Nahuatl: Kiev
• Navajo: Kííyeb, Tsinaaʼeełíkʼeh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kiev (no)

  Nynorsk: Kiev

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Кꙑѥвъ m (Kyjevŭ)

• Old East Slavic: Киевъ m (Kijevŭ), Кꙑевъ m (Kyjevŭ)
• Old Norse: Kœnugarðr m
• Ossetian: Киев (Kiev)
• Papiamentu: Kiev
• Pashto: کييف m (kief)
• Persian: کیف (fa) (kiyef)
• Polish: Kijów (pl) m
• Pontic Greek: Κίεβο (Kíevo)
• Portuguese: Kiev (pt) f, Quieve (pt) f (uncommon), Kyiv f (rare)
• Quechua: Kiyiw
• Romanian: Kiev (ro) m
• Russian: Ки́ев (ru) m (Kíjev)
• Rusyn: Ки́їв m (Kýjiv), Кыёв (Kŷjov)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: Kiova

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ки̏јев m

  Roman: Kȉjev (sh) m

• Silesian: Kijůw m
• Sinhalese: කීව් (kīw)
• Slovak: Kyjev (sk) m
• Slovene: Kijev m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Kijew m

  Upper Sorbian: Kijew m

• Spanish: Kiev (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Kyiv
• Swedish: Kiev (sv) n
• Tagalog: Kiev
• Tajik: Киев (tg) (Kiyev)
• Tamil: கீவ் (kīv)
• Tatar: Киев (Kiyew)
• Telugu: క్యివ్ (kyiv)
• Thai: เคียฟ (th) (kíiaf)
• Tibetan: ཀིབ (kib)
• Turkish: Kiev (tr), Kıyiv (rare)
• Turkmen: Kyýiw, Kiýew
• Udmurt: Киев (Kijev)
• Ukrainian: Ки́їв (uk) m (Kýjiv)
• Urdu: کیف m (kīf)
• Uyghur: كىيېۋ (kiyëw)
• Uzbek: Kiyev
• Venetian: Kyiv
• Vietnamese: Ki-ép
• Volapük: Küyiv
• Welsh: Kyiv
• Yakut: Киев (Kiyev)
• Yiddish: קיִעוו n (kiev)
• Zazaki: Kyiv, Kiev

Medieval principality — see Kievan Rus

Kiev province (oblast)

• Belarusian: Кі́еўская во́бласць f (Kíjeŭskaja vóblascʹ)
• Macedonian: Ки́евска о́бласт f (Kíevska óblast)
• Russian: Ки́евская о́бласть (ru) f (Kíjevskaja óblastʹ), Ки́евщина (ru) f (Kíjevščina) (Ukraine)
• Ukrainian: Ки́ївська о́бласть (uk) f (Kýjivsʹka óblastʹ), Ки́ївщина f (Kýjivščyna)

Noun

Kiev (countable and uncountable, plural Kievs)

1. Short for chicken Kiev
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chicken Kiev.

Anagrams

• kive, vike

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Danish

Proper noun

Kiev

1. Kiev (the capital city of Ukraine)
2. Kiev (an oblast of Ukraine)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkijɛf/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Kiev n

1. Kiev (the capital city of Ukraine)
2. Kiev (an oblast of Ukraine)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjɛv/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Kiev m

1. Kiev (the capital city of Ukraine)
2. Kiev (an oblast of Ukraine)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈɛv/ [kɪˈɛv], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkjɛv/, /kiˈɛ.vi/ [kɪˈɛ.vi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkjɛ.vi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkjɛ.bɨ/ [ˈkjɛ.βɨ]

Proper noun

Kiev

1. Kiev (the capital city of Ukraine)
2. Kiev (an oblast of Ukraine)

Derived terms

• kievano
• kieviano

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjeb/ [ˈkjeβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -eb
  • Syllabification: Kiev
• IPA^(key): /ˈkjef/ [ˈkjef]
  • Rhymes: -ef

Proper noun

Kiev m

1. Kiev (the capital city of Ukraine)
2. Kiev Oblast

   Synonym: Oblast de Kiev

Related terms

• kievita
• Rus de Kiev

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Kijef, Kijeff, Kijev (all obsolete)
• Kyiv

Proper noun

Kiev n (genitive Kievs)

1. Kiev (the capital city of Ukraine)
2. Kiev (an oblast of Ukraine)