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Nikolayev

  • /nɪkəˈlaɪ.ɪf/

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

proper noun Nikolaev · Nikolaiev

  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev)
  2. A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Nikolayeva.
  3. A khutor in Znamenka rural settlement, Morozovsk Raion, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia.
  4. Russian name of Mykolaiv (four villages and two cities in the Ukraine) 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.
  5. 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.

    Similar: Mykolaiv Governorate

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name Russian surname

РусскийНикола́ев Nikolájev

name Russian name of Mykolaiv

РусскийНикола́ев Nikolájev

name khutor in Znamenka, Morozovsk, Rostov, Southern Russia

РусскийНикола́ев Nikolájev

name historical: former Russian name of Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (1802–1803)

РусскийНикола́евская губе́рния Nikolájevskaja gubérnija

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@misc{nikolayev_2026,
  title = {Nikolayev},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nikolayev},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}