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Kyjivan Rus

Kyjivan 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 Kyjivan Rus

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

Words near Kyjivan Rus in the dictionary

  1. Kyivians
  2. Kyivite
  3. Kyivites
  4. Kyivskyi
  5. Kyjiv
  6. Kyjivan Rus
  7. kyke
  8. kykeon
  9. kykeons
  10. Kyker
  11. Kykers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kyjivan 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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