Mykolaiv

English

Alternative forms

Nikolayev, Mykolayiv, Mykolaiiv, Nikolaev, Nikolaiev

Etymology

From Ukrainian Микола́їв (Mykolájiv) = Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev), from Никола́й (Nikoláj, “Nicholas”), commemorating the fall of the Turkish fortress of Ochakov/Ochakiv on St Nicholas’ day, December 6, 1789. Compare Ukrainian Микола́й (Mykoláj, “Nicholas”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Myko‧la‧iv

Proper noun

Mykolaiv

A shipbuilding city on the Buh river in southern Ukraine, administrative centre of Mykolaiv province.
Mykolaiv province (oblast), in southern Ukraine.

Synonyms

(province): Mykalaiv Oblast

Translations

a city in Ukraine

Armenian: Նիկոլաև (Nikolaew)
Belarusian: Мікала́еў m (Mikalájeŭ)
Bulgarian: Никола́ев m (Nikoláev)
Danish: Mykolajiv, Nikolajev
Georgian: ნიკოლაევი (niḳolaevi)

Macedonian: Никола́ев m (Nikoláev)
Russian: Никола́ев (ru) m (Nikolájev)
Rusyn: Микола́їв m (Mykolájiv)
Turkish: Nikolayev, Mıkolayiv
Ukrainian: Микола́їв (uk) m (Mykolájiv)

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