Mykolaiv
Meaning
Proper Noun
- A shipbuilding city, the administrative centre of Mykolaiv (oblast), on the riv:suf, Buh in southern Ukraine (country).
- oblast in southern Ukraine (country).
Related
Similar words
- Mykalaiv Oblast
Origin
- From Ukrainian Микола́їв (cognate with Russian Никола́ев), from Микола́й (cognate with Russian Никола́й), commemorating the fall of the Turkish fortress of Ochakov/Ochakiv on St Nicholas’ day, December 6, 1789.
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