Mykolaiv

English

Alternative forms

• Nikolayev, Mykolayiv, Mykolaiiv, Nikolaev, Nikolaiev

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ukrainian Микола́їв (Mykolájiv) = (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev), from Никола́й (Nikoláj, “Nicholas”), commemorating the fall of the Turkish fortress of Ochakov/Ochakiv on St Nicholas’ day, December 6, 1789. Compare Ukrainian Микола́й (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 (Nikolaew)
• Belarusian: Мікала́еў m (Mikalájeŭ)
• Bulgarian: Никола́ев m (Nikoláev)
• Danish: Mykolajiv, Nikolajev
• Georgian: ნიკოლაევი (niḳolaevi)
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• Macedonian: Никола́ев m (Nikoláev)
• Russian: Никола́ев (ru) m (Nikolájev)
• Rusyn: Микола́їв m (Mykolájiv)
• Turkish: Nikolayev, Mıkolayiv
• Ukrainian: Микола́їв (uk) m (Mykolájiv)