Kiovia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Kiōvia.

Proper noun

Kiovia

1. Obsolete form of Kyiv.
   • 1697, Samuel Puffendorf, translated by [Jodocus Crull], An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe, 2nd edition, London: M. Gilliflower and T. Newborough, page 334:

     Before this time the Coſacks were only a wild and barbarous ſort of Rabble, who were gathered out of the Poliſh Ruſſia, and having ſettled themſelves in the Iſland of the River Boryſthenes beneath Kiovia, lived upon Robbing and Plunder.

Alternative forms

• Kijōvia, Kiiōvia
• Chiōvia

Etymology

Likely from Kiōv- (from Polish Kijów) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• Kiōvia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈoː.u̯i.a/, [kiˈoːu̯iä]
• Kiōvia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kiˈo.vi.a/, [kiˈɔːviä]
• Kiōviā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈoː.u̯i.aː/, [kiˈoːu̯iäː]
• Kiōviā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kiˈo.vi.a/, [kiˈɔːviä]

Proper noun

Kiōvia f sg (genitive Kiōviae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine)

Proper noun

Kiōviā f

1. ablative of Kiōvia