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From Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev), from Никола́й (Nikoláj, Nicholas). Compare Mykolaiv.

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Nikolayev

  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev)
  2. A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Nikolayeva.
  3. A hamlet in Znamenskoye Rural Settlement, Morozovsky Raion, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia
  4. Russian name of Mykolaiv (four villages and two cities in the Ukraine)
    1. (historical) The former Russian name, from the 8th (O.S.) or 20th (N.S.) of October 1802 until the 15th (O.S.) or 27th (N.S.) of May 1803, of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire.
      Synonym: Mykolaiv Governorate (former Ukrainian name)

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