Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nikolayev

/nɪkəˈlaɪ.ɪf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: niko-layev
IPA: /nɪkəˈlaɪ.ɪf/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev)

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A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Nikolayeva.

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A khutor in Znamenka rural settlement, Morozovsk Raion, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia.

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Russian name of Mykolaiv (four villages and two cities in the Ukraine)

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Russian name of Mykolaiv (four villages and two cities in the Ukraine)

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev), from Никола́й (Nikoláj, “Nicholas”). Compare Mykolaiv.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Никола́ев

Inflected Forms

Nikolaev (alternative) Nikolaiev (alternative)

Synonyms

Mykolaiv Governorate

Questions

How do you pronounce nikolayev?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɪkəˈlaɪ.ɪf/.
What does nikolayev mean?: A transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev)
Where does nikolayev come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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