Nikolayev

• Nikolaev, Nikolaiev

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

• IPA^(key): /nɪkəˈlaɪ.ɪf/

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)
   • 2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times, Russia–Ukraine War:

     He is worried for his parents, who live in Mykolaiv, a port city on the Black Sea where Abramenko was raised. […] “Fighting is already underway in Nikolaev,” Abramenko wrote, using an alternate spelling for the city.

   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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