Meanings
proper noun
- The name of numerous settlements in Poland.
- historicalA free settlement, the administrative centre of Borchanskaya volost, Zmiev Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, the Russian Empire, site of the Borki train disaster of 1888; now the village of Birky in Zmiiv urban hromada, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
[…] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed.
1945 September–October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, pages 251–252 - The name of numerous settlements in Russia, including
- The name of numerous settlements in Russia, including:
- A village, the administrative centre of Borkovsky selsoviet, Sudzhansky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
Then we have a new geolocation from the South – south of Borki – the small town of Spalnoye.
2024 September 4th, Torsten Heinrich M.A. (channel name: “Military & History”), Stopped at Pokrovsk, the Russaians^([sic]) change direction. Lots of aid for Ukraine! Ukraine Sitrep, via YouTube, 2:56–3:03
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Translations
Polish Borki
- BorkiPolish toponym
Russian Бо́рки, Бо́рки
- Бо́рки (Bórki)free settlement in Borchanskaya, Zmiev, Kharkov, Russian Empire
- Бо́рки (Bórki)village in Borkovsky, Sudzhansky, Kursk, Central Russia
Ukrainian Бі́рки, Бо́рки
- Бі́рки (Bírky)free settlement in Borchanskaya, Zmiev, Kharkov, Russian Empire
- Бо́рки (Bórky)village in Borkovsky, Sudzhansky, Kursk, Central Russia
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APA
Borki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Borki
MLA
“Borki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Borki. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Borki,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Borki.
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