Kharkiv

Meaning

Proper Noun

• industrial city, administrative centre Kharkiv (oblast) in eastern Ukraine (country).
• oblast in eastern Ukraine (country).
• The Kharkiv river in Ukraine.

Related

Similar words

• Kharkiv oblast

Origin

• From Ukrainian Ха́рків (compare Russian Ха́рьков, whence English Kharkov). The city is named after the Kharkiv River. A folk etymology says the city and river are named after a Cossack called Харко́, from Харько́, from Χαρίτων, but there is no hard evidence supporting this.