Charkow
See also: Charków
German
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Ха́рьков (Xárʹkov).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxaʁkɔf/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaʁkɔf/, /ˈʃaʁko/ (spelling pronunciation; latter was usual among the Wehrmacht)
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Proper noun
Charkow n (proper noun, genitive Charkows or (optionally with an article) Charkow)
- alternative form of Charkiw: Kharkiv, Kharkov (a city in Ukraine)
- 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine’s ‘Second Army’”, in RAIL, number 1017, English text citing German placenames, page 47:
- It takes another good look to notice that the map shows the through route from Berlin Zoo to my native Kharkiv – referred to as Charkow Hauptbahnhof (or Hbf) – uninterrupted by any borders. You can also trace the 400 3356 service (‘Zug Nr 3356’) from Charkow to Slawjansk (Slovyansk in the Ukrainian transliteration) in Donbass, to where trains from today’s Kharkiv are running again.