Kitezh

K5I1T1E1Z10H4

proper noun

A city in Russian folklore that was believed to have disappeared under a lake, to avoid being conquered by the Mongols.

OriginRussian Ки́теж →
Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. Slavic mythologyartsA city in Russian folklore that was believed to have disappeared under a lake, to avoid being conquered by the Mongols.

Origin

  1. RussianКи́теж
  2. EnglishKitezh

From Russian Ки́теж (Kítež).

More words from Russian

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan Kítej
  • Kíteja sunken city in the Russian folklore
Czech Kitěž
  • Kitěža sunken city in the Russian folklore
Esperanto Kiteĵ
  • Kiteĵa sunken city in the Russian folklore
French Kitej, Kitège
  • Kiteja sunken city in the Russian folklore
  • Kitègea sunken city in the Russian folklore
Japanese キーテジ
  • キーテジ (Kīteji)a sunken city in the Russian folklore
Russian Ки́теж
  • Ки́теж (Kítež)a sunken city in the Russian folklore
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Kitezh on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.