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Khiva

/ˈkiːvə/

Khiva proper noun: a small historical town in present-day Uzbekistan, former capital of Khwarazm, and a former khanate.

khiva: a small historical town in present-day Uzbekistan, former capital of Khwarazm, and a former khanate
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Proper noun

Khiva

  1. A small historical town in present-day Uzbekistan, former capital of Khwarazm, and a former khanate.
    • It now occurred to him that possession of Khiva, which lay midway between his own frontiers and those of India, would provide him with the staging point he needed in the region.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 17

Origin of Khiva

Borrowed from Russian Хива́ (Xivá).

Words formed from Khiva

Questions about Khiva

What does Khiva mean?
Khiva means a small historical town in present-day Uzbekistan, former capital of Khwarazm, and a former khanate.
What part of speech is Khiva?
Khiva is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Khiva?
Khiva is pronounced /ˈkiːvə/.

Words near Khiva in the dictionary

  1. khitmutgar
  2. khitmutgars
  3. khiton
  4. khitons
  5. khits
  6. Khiva
  7. Khivan
  8. Khivans
  9. KHive
  10. KHL
  11. Khlan

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