Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kirov

/kˈɪɹɑv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: kirov
IPA: /kˈɪɹɑv/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A transliteration of the Russian surname Киров (Kirov).

name

An oblast of Russia.

name

A city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ров (Kírov). Renamed in 1934, after Sergey Kirov (1886–1934), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist assassinated in 1934.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Ки́ров

Synonyms

Vyatka Khlynov

Questions

How do you pronounce kirov?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪɹɑv/.
What does kirov mean?: A transliteration of the Russian surname Киров (Kirov).
Where does kirov come from?: It is traced to Russian.

How to pronounce kirov

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