Kievan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Kiev + -an, from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Kievan (not comparable)
- Alternative form of Kyivan
- Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).
- (historical) Of or associated with the city of Kiev, especially when referring to the medieval period (c. 880–c. 1150) when the city dominated the East Slavic lands which today are Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Kievan (plural Kievans)
- Alternative form of Kyivan
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Kyiv.
References edit
- The Oxford English Dictionary