Kharkov

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English

Etymology

From Russian Ха́рьков (Xárʹkov). See Kharkiv.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːkəv/, /ˈxɑːkəv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹkəv/, /ˈxɑɹkəv/

Proper noun

Kharkov

  1. Alternative form of Kharkiv
    1. Synonym of Kharkiv (city).
      • 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 46:
        As a schoolboy in the Soviet Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv, (it was then spelled Kharkov in line with the all-permeating 'Russification'), I was a railway buff.

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