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Vladimir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
  2. A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
  3. A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
  4. An oblast of Russia.
  5. Russian form of Volodymyr, a city and raion of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.

Pronunciation

/ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Vladimir.wav

Word forms

Vladimir

Etymology

From Russian Владимир (Vladimir), as well as from other Slavic cognates, and reinforced by Medieval Latin Vladimirus, name of several saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ), Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (which see for more), equivalent to владь (vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”)) and мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ (mirŭ, “peace”). Compare Waldemar.

Related words

Volodya Vova Valdemar Waldemar Woldemar whence Latvian Voldemārs Finnish Valto Vlad Vlady

Translations

Arabic: فْلَادِيمِير Armenian: Վլադիմիր Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Bulgarian: Влади́мир Catalan: Vladimir Chinese Mandarin: 弗拉基米爾 /弗拉基米尔 Chuvash: Улатимӗр Czech: Vladimir Danish: Vladimir Dutch: Vladimir Finnish: Vladimir French: Vladimir Georgian: ვლადიმირი German: Wladimir Greek: Βλαντίμιρ Hebrew: ולדימיר Hindi: व्लादिमिर Italian: Vladimir Japanese: ウラジーミル Japanese: ヴラジーミル Korean: 블라디미르 Latin: Volodimiria Latvian: Vladimira Lithuanian: Vladimiras Macedonian: Владимир Marathi: व्लादिमिर Church Slavic: Владимѣръ Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Persian: ولادیمیر Polish: Włodzimierz Portuguese: Vladimiro Romanian: Vladimir Russian: Влади́мир Serbo-Croatian: Владимир Serbo-Croatian: Vladimir Slovak: Vladimír Slovene: Vladimir Spanish: Vladímir Thai: วลาดีมีร์ Ukrainian: Владі́мір Ukrainian: Володи́мир
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