Borki

English

Etymology

From Polish Borki and Russian Бо́рки (Bórki). Compare Birky.

Pronunciation

Polish toponyms

• enPR: bôʀʹki, IPA^(key): /ˈbɔrki/

Russian toponyms

• enPR: bôʀʹkĭ, IPA^(key): /ˈbɔrkɪ/

Proper noun

Borki

1. The name of numerous settlements in Poland.
2. (historical) A free settlement, the administrative centre of Borchanskaya volost, Zmiev Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, the Russian Empire, site of the Borki train disaster of 1888; now the village of Birky in Zmiiv urban hromada, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukraine.
   • 1945 September–October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, pages 251–252:

     […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed.

3. The name of numerous settlements in Russia, including:
   1. A village, the administrative centre of Borkovsky selsoviet, Sudzhansky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
      • 2024 September 4th, Torsten Heinrich M.A. (channel name: “Military & History”), Stopped at Pokrovsk, the Russaians^[sic] change direction. Lots of aid for Ukraine! Ukraine Sitrep, via YouTube, 2:56–3:03:

        Then we have a new geolocation from the South – south of Borki – the small town of Spalnoye.

Translations

Polish toponym

• Polish: Borki (pl)

free settlement in Borchanskaya, Zmiev, Kharkov, Russian Empire

• Russian: Бо́рки (ru) (Bórki)
• Ukrainian: Бі́рки (uk) m inan pl (Bírky)

village in Borkovsky, Sudzhansky, Kursk, Central Russia

• Russian: Бо́рки (ru) (Bórki)
• Ukrainian: Бо́рки (uk) m inan pl (Bórky)

Further reading

• Borki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Borki, Russia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Borki, Sudzhansky District, Kursk Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia