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Russian
Etymology
Per Vasmer, presumably related to the ethnonym Vyada found on the upper Vyatka River and possibly the original name of the river, which may go back to Finnish vento (“slow, calm, deep”), used as a hydronym.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Вя́тка • (Vjátka) f inan (genitive Вя́тки, relational adjective вя́тский)
- Vyatka (former name of Kirov, a city in Russia)
- Vyatka (river in Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan, Russia, passing through the city of Kirov (formerly Vyatka))
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