Kishinev

American  

[kish-uh-nef, -nawf, kyi-shi-nyawf] / ˈkɪʃ əˌnɛf, -ˌnɔf, kyɪ ʃɪˈnyɔf /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Moldova, in the central part.

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Kishinev British  

/ kiʃiˈnjɔf /

noun

1. the Russian name for Chişinǎu

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Example Sentences

“In the same Kishinev, right now, we’re saving Jews,” Mr. Bennett added.

From New York Times

Mr. Lieberman, 60, was born in Kishinev, now the capital of Moldova, and emigrated to Israel at 20.

From New York Times

Before the Holocaust, Jewish suffering was synonymous with the name of the city, Kishinev, where in 1903, 49 Jews were killed in a paroxysm of violence.

From New York Times

This was the “Kishinev pogrom,” a “dreadful moment” in Jewish Diaspora life, Steven J. Zipperstein writes in his impressive, heart-wrenching new book on the subject, “Pogrom.”

From New York Times

Mr. Friedman, whose family emigrated from Kishinev, Russia, as the threat of pogroms mounted, started out as a plant geneticist.

From New York Times