Nikolayev

American  

[nik-uh-lah-yuhf, nyi-kuh-lah-yif] / ˌnɪk əˈlɑ yəf, nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪf /

Or Nikolaev

noun

1. the Russian name of Mykolayiv.

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Nikolayev British  

/ nikaˈlajɪf /

noun

1. Former name: Vernoleninsk.  a city in S Ukraine on the Southern Bug about 64 km (40 miles) from the Black Sea: founded as a naval base in 1788; one of the leading Black Sea ports. Pop: 518 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Andriyan Nikolayev, right, and Vitaly Sevastyanov, a flight engineer, during training in a simulator at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in 1970.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Nikolayev said the problem of thawing permafrost was getting worse with every year and represented a danger for engineering structures.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2021

Yakutia governor Aysen Nikolayev ordered officials to have areas around the endangered villages deforested.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2021

Those powers, according to a representative in the Russian arms industry, were billionaire transport magnate Konstantin Nikolayev and his wife, Svetlana Nikolayeva, a sport shooter and CEO of Russian gun manufacturer ORSIS.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2018

Almost five months later, Valentina married another cosmonaut, Andrian Nikolayev, who had been the third cosmonaut in space.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson