Kiovia

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Kiōvia.

Proper noun

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Kiovia

  1. Obsolete form of Kyiv.
    • 1697, Samuel Puffendorf, translated by [Jodocus Crull], An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe, 2nd edition, London: M. Gilliflower and T. Newborough, page 334:
      Before this time the Coſacks were only a wild and barbarous ſort of Rabble, who were gathered out of the Poliſh Ruſſia, and having ſettled themſelves in the Iſland of the River Boryſthenes beneath Kiovia, lived upon Robbing and Plunder.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Likely from Kiōv- (from Polish Kijów) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kiōvia f sg (genitive Kiōviae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine)

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Kiōvia
Genitive Kiōviae
Dative Kiōviae
Accusative Kiōviam
Ablative Kiōviā
Vocative Kiōvia
Locative Kiōviae

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Proper noun

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Kiōviā f

  1. ablative of Kiōvia