Kursk

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Курск (Kursk), referring to the Kur River.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɜɹsk/, (emulating Russian) /ˈkʊəɹsk/

Proper noun

Kursk

  1. A village, the administrative centre of Kursky selsoviet, Kulundinsky Raion, Altai Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia, founded in 1909.
  2. A hamlet in Krasnoturansky Raion, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia.
  3. A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.
    1. A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth.
    2. An oblast of the Central Federal District, Russia, established in 1934 from the bipartition of the Central Black Earth Oblast.
    3. An impact crater in Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, six kilometres in diameter, formed between 330 and 170 million years ago.
  4. A hamlet in Bolshevrudskoye rural settlement, Volosovsky Raion, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1500 in Dmitry Kitayev’s Scribe book of the Votian fifth for the year 7008 A.M.
  5. A settlement in Bolshevrudskoye rural settlement, Volosovsky Raion, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

Meronyms

(consituent okruga of the city): Seymsky, Tsentralny, Zheleznodorozhny

constituent raiony and city and towns of oblast significance of the oblast

Translations

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kursk m inan (relational adjective kurský)

  1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Kursk (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Kursk
genitive Kurska, Kursku
dative Kursku
accusative Kursk
vocative Kursku
locative Kursku
instrumental Kurskem

Polish

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Kursk

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Курск (Kursk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkursk/
  • Rhymes: -ursk
  • Syllabification: Kursk

Proper noun

Kursk m inan (related adjective kurski)

  1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Kursk
singular
nominative Kursk
genitive Kurska
dative Kurskowi
accusative Kursk
instrumental Kurskiem
locative Kursku
vocative Kursku

Further reading

  • Kursk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Kursk in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kursk f

  1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)

Spanish

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Proper noun

Kursk ?

  1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)
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