Kiev

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How to use Kiev in a sentence

On Oct. 7, I bought my ticket to Kiev 45 minutes before my flight.
Russians Plot Exiled Government in Kiev|Anna Nemtsova|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before the Maidan revolution, Russian political refugees living in Kiev were worried about their safety.
Russians Plot Exiled Government in Kiev|Anna Nemtsova|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Russian leader suggested Kiev is breaking a “moral obligation.”
Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’|Jamie Dettmer|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To try to counter the Russian military build-up, Kiev has redeployed more forces eastward.
Putin Is Lying on Ukraine—and the West Can’t Stop Him|Jamie Dettmer|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

One commander has threatened a military coup if Kiev concedes anything to the separatists.
Putin Is Lying on Ukraine—and the West Can’t Stop Him|Jamie Dettmer|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yesterday, on the road from Voroshba to Kiev, music came singing and echoing through my head after a long interval of silence.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
The opera had a great success, and remained in the repertory of the Kiev Opera House throughout the entire season.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Kiev still existed as a city, but on her Golden Gate the conquerors might fitly have hewed the epitaph, Ichabod.
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro
Had they not heard with sorrow and foreboding at Christmas-tide last year the doleful intelligence of the fall of Kiev?
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro
It was now the turn of Kiev to become the miserable victim of their attentions.
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro

Cultural definitions for Kiev

Kiev

[ (kee-ef, kee-ev) ]

Capital of Ukraine in the north-central region of the country on the Dnieper River; a major manufacturing and transportation center.