Nikolayev

or Ni·ko·la·ev

[nik-uh-lah-yuh f; Russian nyi-kuh-lah-yif]

noun

a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.

Formerly Vernoleninsk.

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Nikolayev

noun

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)Former name: Vernoleninsk

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