Kiev

/ ˈkijɪf; ˈkiːɛf /

noun

1. the capital of Ukraine, on the Dnieper River: formed the first Russian state by the late 9th century; university (1834). Pop: 2 623 000 (2005 est)

Kiev

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

Example Sentences

On Oct. 7, I bought my ticket to Kiev 45 minutes before my flight.

From The Daily Beast

Before the Maidan revolution, Russian political refugees living in Kiev were worried about their safety.

From The Daily Beast

The Russian leader suggested Kiev is breaking a “moral obligation.”

From The Daily Beast

To try to counter the Russian military build-up, Kiev has redeployed more forces eastward.

From The Daily Beast

One commander has threatened a military coup if Kiev concedes anything to the separatists.

From The Daily Beast

Yesterday, on the road from Voroshba to Kiev, music came singing and echoing through my head after a long interval of silence.

From Project Gutenberg

The opera had a great success, and remained in the repertory of the Kiev Opera House throughout the entire season.

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Kiev still existed as a city, but on her Golden Gate the conquerors might fitly have hewed the epitaph, Ichabod.

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Had they not heard with sorrow and foreboding at Christmas-tide last year the doleful intelligence of the fall of Kiev?

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It was now the turn of Kiev to become the miserable victim of their attentions.

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