Meanings
proper noun
- obsoleteObsolete form of Kyiv.
Before this time the Coſacks were only a wild and barbarous ſort of Rabble, who were gathered out of the Poliſh Ruſſia, and having ſettled themſelves in the Iſland of the River Boryſthenes beneath Kiovia, lived upon Robbing and Plunder.
1697, Samuel Puffendorf, translated by [Jodocus Crull], An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe, 2nd edition, London: M. Gilliflower and T. Newborough, page 334
Origin
- Medieval LatinKiōvia
- EnglishKiovia
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Kiōvia.
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APA
Kiovia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiovia
MLA
“Kiovia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiovia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kiovia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiovia.
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