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

Chuvashia’s governor, Oleg Nikolayev, said in televised remarks that it wasn’t immediately clear how long it will take to fix the section of the pipeline cut by the explosion.

From Seattle Times

Vladimir Nikolayev, deputy head of the regional health department, told Reuters there were still available beds and patients who needed oxygen were getting it.

From Reuters

“I don’t think it will be worse, but it could be the same nest year,” the regional governor, Aisen Nikolayev, told Reuters on the sidelines of an economy forum in the city of Vladivostok last week.

From Reuters

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

From Reuters