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Kievian

Kievian is the alternative form of Kyivan.

Kievian is the alternative form of Kievan.

Meaning of Kyivan

Adjective

Kyivan (not comparable)

  1. Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).
    Synonyms:
    Kyivite, Kievite

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Meaning of Kievan

Adjective

Kievan (not comparable)

  1. Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).
  2. (historical) 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.

Forms of Kievian

pluralKievians

Origin of Kievian

From Kiev + -ian.

Questions about Kievian

What is Kievian the alternative form of?
Kievian is the alternative form of Kyivan.

Words near Kievian in the dictionary

  1. Kievan state
  2. Kievans
  3. kieve
  4. kieved
  5. kieves
  6. Kievian
  7. Kievians
  8. kieving
  9. Kievite
  10. Kievites
  11. kievitone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kievian (page history and authors); Kyivan (page history and authors); Kievan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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