Kiou

K5I1O1U1

proper noun

Kyiv

OriginMiddle Polish Kijów →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteKyiv

    Thence they paſſed into Ruſſia, and made foule hauocke there, deſtroying Kiou, the chiefe Citie.

    1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Tartarians, and of diuers Nations which they subdued; with their Pristine Rites.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 339

Origin

  1. Middle PolishKijów
  2. EnglishKiou

Borrowed from Middle Polish Kijów. Doublet of Kyiv and Kiev.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Kiou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiou

MLA

“Kiou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kiou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiou.

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