Mykolaiv

English

Mykolaiv Oblast

Mykolaiv Raion

Alternative forms

• (from Ukrainian) Mykolayiv, Mykolaiiv
• (from Russian) Nikolayev, Nikolaev, Nikolaiev

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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

a city in Ukraine

• Armenian: Նիկոլաև (Nikolaew)
• Belarusian: Мікала́еў m (Mikalájeŭ)
• Bulgarian: Никола́ев m (Nikoláev)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Микола́їв m (Mykolájiv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼古拉耶夫 (Nígǔlāyéfū)

• Czech: Mykolajiv (cs) m, Nikolajev (cs) m
• Danish: Mykolajiv n, Nikolajev n
• Finnish: Mykolajiv, Nikolajev
• French: Mykolaïv (fr) m, Nikolaïev (fr) m
• Georgian: ნიკოლაევი (niḳolaevi), მიკოლაივი (miḳolaivi)
• German: Mykolajiw (de) n, Nikolajew n
• Greek: Μικολάιβ (el) n (Mikoláiv), Νικολάεβ (el) n (Nikoláev)
• Hungarian: Mikolajiv (hu)
• Japanese: ムィコラーイウ (Mwikorāiu), ニコラーエフ (Nikorāefu)
• Korean: 미콜라이우 (Mikollaiu), 니콜라예프 (Nikollayepeu)
• Macedonian: Никола́ев m (Nikoláev)
• Marathi: मिकोलायिव (mikolāyiv)
• Polish: Mikołajów m
• Russian: Никола́ев (ru) m (Nikolájev)
• Slovak: Mykolajiv
• Turkish: Nikolayev, Mıkolayiv
• Ukrainian: Микола́їв (uk) m (Mykolájiv)

oblast

• Belarusian: Мікала́еўская во́бласць f (Mikalájeŭskaja vóblascʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼古拉耶夫州 (Nígǔlāyéfūzhōu)

• Marathi: मिकोलायिव (mikolāyiv)
• Polish: Obwód mikołajowski m
• Russian: Никола́евская о́бласть (ru) f (Nikolájevskaja óblastʹ)
• Ukrainian: Микола́ївська о́бласть f (Mykolájivsʹka óblastʹ)