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Kyïvan Rus

Kyïvan Rus is the alternative form of Kievan Rus.

Meaning of Kievan Rus

Proper noun

Kievan Rus

  1. (historical) A medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country.

Questions about Kyïvan Rus

What is Kyïvan Rus the alternative form of?
Kyïvan Rus is the alternative form of Kievan Rus.

Words near Kyïvan Rus in the dictionary

  1. Kyzylbashes
  2. kyzylkumite
  3. Kyzylorda
  4. Kyïv
  5. Kyïv Rus
  6. Kyïvan Rus
  7. Kyôto
  8. kyōgen
  9. kyōgens
  10. Kyōto
  11. kyūjitai

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kyïvan Rus (page history and authors); Kievan Rus (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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