Kursk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Курск (Kursk), referring to the Kur River.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɜɹsk/, (emulating Russian) /ˈkʊəɹsk/

Proper noun

Kursk

1. A village, the administrative centre of Kursky selsoviet, Kulundinsky Raion, Altai Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia, founded in 1909.
2. A hamlet in Krasnoturansky Raion, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia.
3. A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.
   1. A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth.
   2. An oblast of the Central Federal District, Russia, established in 1934 from the bipartition of the Central Black Earth Oblast.
   3. An impact crater in Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, six kilometres in diameter, formed between 330 and 170 million years ago.
4. A hamlet in Bolshevrudskoye rural settlement, Volosovsky Raion, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1500 in Dmitry Kitayev’s Scribe book of the Votian fifth for the year 7008 A.M.
5. A settlement in Bolshevrudskoye rural settlement, Volosovsky Raion, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

Meronyms

(consituent okruga of the city): Seymsky, Tsentralny, Zheleznodorozhny

constituent raiony and city and towns of oblast significance of the oblast

• Belovsky (raion)
• Bolshesoldatsky (raion)
• Cheremisinovsky (raion)
• Dmitriyevsky (raion)
• Fatezhsky (raion)
• Glushkovsky (raion)
• Gorshechensky (raion)
• Kastorensky (raion)
• Khomutovsky (raion)
• Konyshyovsky (raion)
• Korenevsky (raion)
• Kurchatov (town of oblast significance)
• Kurchatovsky (raion)
• Kursk (city of oblast significance)
• Kursky (raion)
• Lgov (town of oblast significance)
• Lgovsky (raion)
• Manturovsky (raion)
• Medvensky (raion)
• Oboyansky (raion)
• Oktyabrsky (raion)
• Ponyrovsky (raion)
• Pristensky (raion)
• Rylsky (raion)
• Shchigrovsky (raion)
• Shchigry (town of oblast significance)
• Solntsevsky (raion)
• Sovetsky (raion)
• Sudzhansky (raion)
• Timsky (raion)
• Zheleznogorsk (town of oblast significance)
• Zheleznogorsky (raion)
• Zolotukhinsky (raion)

 

Related terms

• Kurskaya
• Kursko
• Kurskoye
• Kursk-Smolenka
• Kursky
• Novokursk

 

Translations

village in Kursky, Kulundinsky, Altai Krai, Siberia

• Russian: Курск (ru) m inan (Kursk)

hamlet in Krasnoturansky, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia

• Russian: Курск (ru) m inan (Kursk)

city in Kursk, Central Russia

• Arabic: كُورْسْك f (kūrsk)
• Armenian: Կուրսկ (hy) (Kursk)
• Belarusian: Курск m (Kursk)
• Bulgarian: Курск m (Kursk)
• Catalan: Kursk m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫爾斯克 / 库尔斯克 (zh) (Kù'ěrsīkè)

• Czech: Kursk m
• Danish: Kursk n
• Dutch: Koersk n
• Estonian: Kursk (et)
• Farefare: Kursku
• Finnish: Kursk
• French: Koursk (fr) m
• Georgian: კურსკი (ḳursḳi)
• German: Kursk (de) n
• Hebrew: קורסק f (kursk)
• Hindi: कुर्स्क (kursk)
• Hungarian: Kurszk (hu)
• Japanese: クルスク (Kurusuku)
• Korean: 쿠르스크 (Kureuseukeu)
• Latin: Kurscha f
• Latvian: Kurska f
• Lithuanian: Kùrskas m
• Macedonian: Курск m (Kursk)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Курск (Kursk)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kursk n

• Occitan: Korsk m
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کورْسْک (kursk)

• Polish: Kursk (pl) m
• Portuguese: Kursk f
• Russian: Курск (ru) m inan (Kursk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Курск m

  Roman: Kursk (sh) m

• Slovak: Kursk m
• Slovene: Kursk m
• Spanish: Kursk (es) m
• Swedish: Kursk n
• Thai: คูสค์
• Turkish: Kursk
• Ukrainian: Курськ m (Kursʹk)
• Urdu: کُورْسْک m (kūrsk)
• Vietnamese: Kursk

magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia

• Russian: Ку́рская магни́тная анома́лия f inan (Kúrskaja magnítnaja anomálija)

oblast of Central Russia — see Kursk Oblast

impact crater in Kursk Oblast, Central Russia

• Russian: Ку́рский кра́тер m inan (Kúrskij kráter)

hamlet in Bolshevrudskoye, Volosovsky, Leningrad, Northwestern Russia

• Russian: Курск (ru) m inan (Kursk)

settlement in Bolshevrudskoye, Volosovsky, Leningrad, Northwestern Russia

• Russian: Курск (ru) m inan (Kursk)

Further reading

• Kursk (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kursk (inhabited locality) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kursk, Altai Krai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kursk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Battle of Kursk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kursk Magnetic Anomaly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kursk Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Administrative divisions of Kursk Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kursk crater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkursk]

Proper noun

Kursk m inan (related adjective kurský)

1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Kursk (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Kursk
genitive	Kurska, Kursku
dative	Kursku
accusative	Kursk
vocative	Kursku
locative	Kursku
instrumental	Kurskem

Polish

Kursk

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Курск (Kursk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkursk/
• Rhymes: -ursk
• Syllabification: Kursk

Proper noun

Kursk m inan (related adjective kurski)

1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Kursk

	singular
nominative	Kursk
genitive	Kurska
dative	Kurskowi
accusative	Kursk
instrumental	Kurskiem
locative	Kursku
vocative	Kursku

Further reading

• Kursk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Kursk in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kursk f

1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)

Spanish

Proper noun

Kursk ?

1. Kursk (an oblast of Russia)
2. Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)