Kirov

See also: Kírov

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Kirov

1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Киров (Kirov).

Translations

Russian surname

• Arabic: كِيرُوف m (kirūf)
• Armenian: Կիրով (hy) (Kirov)
• Belarusian: Кі́раў m (Kíraŭ)
• Bulgarian: Ки́ров m (Kírov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基洛夫 (zh) (Jīluòfū)

• German: Kirow (de) n
• Hebrew: קירוב
• Hindi: किरोव (kirov)
• Japanese: キーロフ (Kīrofu)
• Korean: 키로프 (Kiropeu)
• Macedonian: Киров m (Kirov)
• Persian: کیروف
• Polish: Kirow (pl) m
• Portuguese: Kirov m or f, Kírov m or f
• Russian: Ки́ров (ru) m (Kírov)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Киров m

  Roman: Kirov m

• Spanish: Kírov m
• Thai: คีรอฟ (keerorf)
• Ukrainian: Кі́ров m (Kírov)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ров (Kírov). Renamed in 1934, after Sergey Kirov (1886–1934), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist assassinated in 1934.

Proper noun

Kirov

1. An oblast of Russia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.

Synonyms

• (Russian city): Vyatka (before 1934), Khlynov

Translations

city in Russia

• Arabic: كِيرُوف m (kirūf)
• Armenian: Կիրով (hy) (Kirov)
• Belarusian: Кі́раў m (Kíraŭ)
• Bulgarian: Ки́ров m (Kírov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基洛夫 (zh) (Jīluòfū)

• Danish: Kirov
• Finnish: Kirov
• Georgian: კიროვი (ḳirovi)
• German: Kirow (de) n
• Hebrew: קירוב
• Hindi: किरोव (kirov)
• Japanese: キーロフ (Kīrofu)
• Korean: 키로프 (Kiropeu)
• Macedonian: Киров m (Kirov)
• Persian: کیروف
• Polish: Kirow (pl) m
• Portuguese: Kirov f
• Russian: Ки́ров (ru) m (Kírov)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Киров m

  Roman: Kirov m

• Spanish: Kírov m
• Thai: คีรอฟ (keerorf)
• Ukrainian: Кі́ров m (Kírov)

See also

• Kirov, Kirov Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ров (Kírov).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ˈɾɔv/

Proper noun

Kirov f

1. Kirov (an oblast of Russia)
2. Kirov (a city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia)