Volodymyr

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ). A Ukrainian cognate of Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir). Doublet of Vladimir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vələˈdiːmiə(ɹ)/, /vəˈlɒdɪmiə(ɹ)/, /ˌvoʊloʊˈdiːmiə(ɹ)/, /vəˈloʊdɪmiə(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: Vo‧lo‧dy‧myr

Proper noun

Volodymyr

  1. a transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), equivalent to Vladimir.
    • 2022 April 28, Sandi Sidhu, Roman Tymotsko and Oleksandra Titorova, “After epic journey, orphaned Ukrainian girl is reunited with grandfather”, in CNN‎[1]:
      On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kira in the hospital to celebrate her return, also giving her an iPad to entertain her as she recovers.
  2. A city and raion of Volyn Oblast, in western Ukraine.
  3. Ukrainian form of Vladimir, a city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.

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