Etymology

Kirill

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Кири́лл (Kiríll). Full definition →

Russian Кири́лл ← Ancient Greek Κύριλλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΚύριλλος
  2. Russian · borrowed fromКири́лл
  3. English todayKirill

From Russian Кири́лл (Kiríll), from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos). Doublet of Cyril.

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΚύριλλος all →

CyrilKyrylo

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