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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kievan

/ˈkiːɛfən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
kievan
IPA
/ˈkiːɛfən/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of Kyivan.

adj

Alternative form of Kyivan.

adj

Of or associated with the city of Kiev, especially when referring to the medieval period (c. 880–c. 1150) when the city dominated the East Slavic lands which today are in Belarus, Ukraine, and minor parts of Moldova, Poland, and Russia.

noun

Alternative form of Kyivan.

Etymology

From Kiev + -an, from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Kievans (plural)

Phrases

Kievan state Kievan Rus

Rhymes With

stephen steven uneven leven beaven kleven

Questions

How do you pronounce kievan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkiːɛfən/.
What does kievan mean?
Alternative form of Kyivan.
Where does kievan come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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