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Vladimir

/ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/

Vladimir proper noun: a transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies. Also the russian form of Volodymyr.

Proper noun

Vladimir

  1. A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
  2. A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
  3. A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
  4. An oblast of Russia.

Also used as

Vladimir is also the russian form of Volodymyr.

Vladimir meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

Vladimir in Hindi

Russian city
व्लादिमिर vlādimir
male given name
व्लादिमिर vlādimir

Vladimir in Marathi

Russian city
व्लादिमिर vlādimir
male given name
व्लादिमिर vlādimir

Vladimir in Bengali

male given name
ভ্লাদিমির bhladimir

Vladimir in Arabic

Russian city
فْلَادِيمِير fladīmir
male given name
فْلَادِيمِير fladīmir
More languagesFewer languages
Vladimir in Persian
ولادیمیر velâdimir
Vladimir in Thai
วลาดีมีร์ wá-laa-dii-mii

Origin of Vladimir

From Russian Владимир (Vladimir), as well as from other Slavic cognates, and reinforced by Medieval Latin Vladimirus, name of several saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ), Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (which see for more), equivalent to владь (vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”)) and мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ (mirŭ, “peace”). Compare Waldemar.

Questions about Vladimir

What does Vladimir mean?
Vladimir means a transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
What is Vladimir in Hindi?
Vladimir in Hindi is व्लादिमिर (vlādimir). See Vladimir meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Vladimir?
Vladimir is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Vladimir?
Vladimir is pronounced /ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/ (UK).

Words near Vladimir in the dictionary

  1. Vlad
  2. Vlad the Impaler
  3. Vladika
  4. Vladikas
  5. Vladikavkaz
  6. Vladimir
  7. Vladimirescu
  8. vladimirite
  9. Vladimiroff
  10. Vladimirov
  11. Vladimirovich

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