English Explanatory Dictionary

Mykolaiv

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Bobrovytsia urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1587.
  2. A village in Chornyi Ostriv settlement hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1555.
  3. A village in Lopatyn settlement hromada, Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1772.
  4. A village in Davydiv rural hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1670.
  5. A city, the administrative centre of Mykolaiv urban hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1570 near the River Dniester.
  6. A former raion of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in January 1940 and disestablished in July 2020.
  7. An urban hromada of Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in July 2020.
  8. A city, the administrative centre of Mykolaiv urban hromada, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1789 at the confluence of the Inhul and the Southern Buh.
  9. The former Ukrainian name, from the 8th (O.S.) or 20th (N.S.) of October 1802 until the 15th (O.S.) or 27th (N.S.) of May 1803, of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire.
  10. A former military governorate of the Russian Empire, established in 1864 and disestablished in 1900.
  11. A former gradonachalstvo of the Russian Empire, established in 1900 and abolished in 1917.
  12. A former governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in May 1919 and disestablished in October 1922.

Pronunciation

/mɪkəˈlɑː(j)ɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mykolaiv.wav /mɪkəˈlɑ(j)ɪv/

Word forms

Mykolaiv Mykolaiiv Mykolayiv

Etymology

From Ukrainian Микола́їв (Mykolájiv), from Микола́й (Mykoláj, “Nicholas”). The city near the Dniester was founded under the Polish name Mikołajów, named for its founder and first owner, Mikołaj Tarło. The city on the Southern Buh was founded under the Russian name Никола́ев (Nikolájev), named by the city’s founder, H.S.H. Prince Grigory Potemkin, for Никола́й Чудотво́рец (Nikoláj Čudotvórec, St Nicholas the Wonderworker), on whose feast day (the 6th of December) in 1788 (reckoned according to the Julian calendar) the Russian siege of Özi concluded with the capture of the Ottoman fortress-city (now Ochakiv, the Ukraine) by Russian forces under the Prince’s command. Both Polish Mikołajów and Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev) are cognate with the Ukrainian name, being derived respectively from Mikołaj and Никола́й (Nikoláj), themselves cognate with Ukrainian Микола́й (Mykoláj) by common descent from Ancient Greek Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos). Compare Nikolayev.

Synonyms

Mykolaiv on the Dniester Nikolayev Governorate Kherson Governorate Mykolaivshchyna

Translations

Ukrainian: Микола́їв Ukrainian: Микола́ївське військо́ве губерна́торство Ukrainian: Микола́ївське градонача́льництво Ukrainian: Микола́ївська губе́рнія Ukrainian: Генера́льна окру́га Микола́їв Ukrainian: Микола́ївський райо́н Armenian: Նիկոլաև Bashkir: Балабан Bashkir: Мыколайив Belarusian: Мікала́еў Bulgarian: Никола́ев Carpathian Rusyn: Микола́їв Chinese Mandarin: 尼古拉耶夫 Crimean Tatar: Balaban Czech: Mykolajiv Czech: Nikolajev Danish: Mykolajiv Danish: Nikolajev Finnish: Mykolajiv Finnish: Nikolajev French: Mykolaïv French: Nikolaïev Georgian: ნიკოლაევი Georgian: მიკოლაივი German: Mykolajiw German: Nikolajew Greek: Μικολάιβ Greek: Νικολάεβ Hungarian: Mikolajiv Japanese: ムィコラーイウ Japanese: ニコラーエフ Korean: 미콜라이우 Korean: 니콜라예프 Macedonian: Никола́ев Marathi: मिकोलायिव Polish: Mikołajów Russian: Никола́ев Slovak: Mykolajiv Tatar: Балабан Tatar: Мыколайив Turkish: Nikolayev Turkish: Mıkolayiv
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