Kharkov

English

Etymology

From Russian Ха́рьков (Xárʹkov). See Kharkiv.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːkəv/, /ˈxɑːkəv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹkəv/, /ˈxɑɹkəv/

Proper noun

Kharkov

1. Alternative form of Kharkiv
   1. Synonym of Kharkiv (city).
      • 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 46:

        As a schoolboy in the Soviet Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv, (it was then spelled Kharkov in line with the all-permeating 'Russification'), I was a railway buff.

Translations

Kharkiv — see Kharkiv