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Nikolayev

American  
[nik-uh-lah-yuhf, nyi-kuh-lah-yif] / ˌnɪk əˈlɑ jəf, njɪ kʌˈlɑ jɪf /
Or Nikolaev

noun

  1. the Russian name of Mykolayiv.


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Nov. 1, 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

Since 2008, Nikolayev had worked for the Kiev-based daily Segodnya, covering war in Iran, Somalia and Libya.

From Time Dec. 31, 2015

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

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