Kiovia

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Kiovia.

Proper noun

Kiovia

  1. Obsolete form of Kyiv.
    • 1697, Samuel Puffendorf, translated by , An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe, 2nd edition, London: M. Gilliflower and T. Newborough, page 334:
      Before this time the Coſacks were only a wild and barbarous ſort of Rabble, who were gathered out of the Poliſh Ruſſia, and having ſettled themſelves in the Iſland of the River Boryſthenes beneath Kiovia, lived upon Robbing and Plunder.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from Kiōv- (from Polish Kijów) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kiōvia f sg (genitive Kiōviae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Kiōvia
Genitive Kiōviae
Dative Kiōviae
Accusative Kiōviam
Ablative Kiōviā
Vocative Kiōvia
Locative Kiōviae

Derived terms

Further reading

Proper noun

Kiōviā f

  1. ablative of Kiōvia