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How to pronounce kiev

IPA transcription: [,ki'ɛv]

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Noun

  • capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center

Usage examples

  • She was born in Kiev, and represents the sports club Dynamo Kiev.
  • By mid-March, most of the reports of starvation originated from Kiev Oblast.
  • A street in Kiev's Solomyanka neighborhood is named after Oleg Antonov.
  • The flower is the symbol of the city of Kiev, capital of Ukraine.
  • He commanded the unit in the Kiev Offensive of the Polish Army.
  • Georgi Vins became involved in Baptist churches in Kiev.
  • Archaeological excavations found that the Kievan town covered the area of some twenty hectares.
  • In the same year he was expelled from the Kiev Art School.
  • Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine.
  • Algeria has an embassy in Kiev.