Mykolaiv

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English

Alternative forms

• Mykolayiv, Mykolaiiv, Nikolayev, Nikolaev, Nikolaiev

Etymology

From Ukrainian Миколаїв (Mykoláïv) = Russian Николаев (Nikoláev), from Николай (Nikólaj, “Nicholas”), commemorating the fall of the Turkish fortress of Ochakiv on St Nicholas’ day, December 6, 1789. Compare Ukrainian Миколай (Mykoláj, “Nicholas”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Myko‧la‧iv

Proper noun

Mykolaiv

1. A shipbuilding city on the Buh river in southern Ukraine, administrative centre of Mykolaiv province.
2. Mykolaiv province (oblast), in southern Ukraine.

Synonyms

• (province): Mykalaiv Oblast

Translations

a city in Ukraine

Armenian: Նիկոլաև (hy) (Nikolaev) Macedonian: Николаев (mk) (Nikoláev) m.

Russian: Николаев (ru) (Nikolájev) m. Ukrainian: Миколаїв (uk) (Mykoláïv) m.