Kharkiv

English

Alternative forms

Kharkov (from Russian), Khar'kov, Char'kov

Etymology

From Ukrainian Ха́рків (Xárkiv) (compare Russian Ха́рьков (Xárʹkov), whence Kharkov). The city is named after the Kharkiv River. A folk etymology says the city and river are named after a Cossack called Харко́ (Xarkó), from Харько́ (Xarʹkó), from Greek Χαρίτων (Charíton), but there is no hard evidence supporting this.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Khar‧kiv

Proper noun

Kharkiv

An industrial city in eastern Ukraine, administrative centre of Kharkiv province.
A province (oblast) in eastern Ukraine in which this city is located.
The Kharkiv river in Ukraine.

Synonyms

(province): Kharkiv oblast

Translations

city

Arabic: خَارْكُوف‎ m (ḵarkuf)
Armenian: Խարկով (Xarkov)
Azerbaijani: Xarkov
Belarusian: Ха́ркаў m (Xárkaŭ)
Bulgarian: Ха́рков m (Hárkov)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈爾科夫 (zh), 哈尔科夫 (zh) (Hā'ěrkēfū)
Crimean Tatar: Harkiv
Czech: Charkov (cs) m
Danish: Kharkiv
Estonian: Harkiv
Finnish: Harkova (fi)
French: Kharkiv (fr) m, Kharkov (fr) m
Georgian: ხარკოვი (xarḳovi)
German: Charkiw n, Charkow (de) n
Greek: Χάρκοβο (Chárkovo), Χάρκιβ (Chárkiv), Χάρκοβ (Chárkov)
Hebrew: חַרְקוֹב‎ m (kharkov)
Hungarian: Harkov
Italian: Charkiv (it) m
Japanese: ハルキウ (Harukiu), ハリコフ (Harikofu)
Kazakh: Харьков (Xarʹkov)
Korean: 하르키우 (Hareukiu)
Kyrgyz: Харьков (Harʹkov)
Latin: Charcovia

Latvian: Harkova
Lithuanian: Charkovas m
Macedonian: Ха́рков m (Hárkov)
Persian: خارکوف‎ (xârkuv, xârkov)
Polish: Charków (pl) m
Portuguese: Carcóvia (pt) f
Romanian: Harkiv, Harkov
Russian: Ха́рьков (ru) m (Xárʹkov)
Rusyn: Ха́рків m (Xárkiv)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Харков m, Харкив m

Roman: Harkov (sh) m, Harkiv m
Slovak: Charkov m
Slovene: Harkov m
Spanish: Járkov (es) m
Swedish: Charkiv
Tatar: Харьков (Xar’kow)
Turkish: Harkov
Turkmen: Harkow
Udmurt: Харьков (Xarʹkov)
Ukrainian: Ха́рків (uk) m (Xárkiv)
Uzbek: Xarkov
Vietnamese: Kharkiv
Yakut: Харьков (Xar’kov)