Meaning of Nikolayev | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev)
2. A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Nikolayeva.
3. A khutor in Znamenka rural settlement, Morozovsk Raion, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia.
4. Russian name of Mykolaiv (four villages and two cities in the Ukraine)
5. The former Russian name, from the 8th (O.S.) or 20th (N.S.) of October 1802 until the 15th (O.S.) or 27th (N.S.) of May 1803, of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire.
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Examples

“He is worried for his parents, who live in Mykolaiv, a port city on the Black Sea where Abramenko was raised. […] “Fighting is already underway in Nikolaev,” Abramenko wrote, using an alternate spelling for the city.”

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