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Kievan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkiːɛvən/
  • /ˈkiːɛfən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Kiev + -an, from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of Kyivan.
    alt of Kyivan
  2. (not-comparable) Alternative form of Kyivan. ▸ Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).
  3. (historical, not-comparable) Of or associated with the city of Kiev, especially when referring to the medieval period (c. 880–c. 1150) when the city dominated the East Slavic lands which today are in Belarus, Ukraine, and minor parts of Moldova, Poland, and Russia.

Deriveds

Kievan state · Kievan Rus

Kievan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkiːɛvən/
  • /ˈkiːɛfən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Kiev + -an, from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, demonym) Alternative form of Kyivan.
    alt of Kyivan

Forms

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