Kiev
Dnieper River metropolis
Kiev is the traditional English spelling of Ukraine's capital city, now often rendered as Kyiv to reflect Ukrainian rather than Russian transliteration.
The spelling shift gained momentum after Russia's 2022 invasion, with Kyiv becoming standard in news media and official usage.
Kiev remains common in established phrases like chicken Kiev and in older texts.
Beetroot-based Slavic soup
- hopakUkrainian acrobatic folk dance
- banduraUkrainian plucked string instrument
- DnieperMajor Eastern European waterway
- MaidanLarge urban public square
hryvnia · Shevchenko · sunflower · steppe
National legislative assembly
- governmentAuthority over a state
- presidencyChief executive's office
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- independenceFreedom from external control
sovereignty · diplomacy · embassy · Orange Revolution · ministry · constitution · democracy · nationhood
California strait and bridge
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- chroniclesSequential historical accounts
medieval · dynasty · Volodymyr · Mongol invasion · heritage · archaeology · museum · old town
Urban rail transit
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- left bankDownstream-facing river's port side
- right bankRiverbank facing downstream, left
funicular · chestnut · population · neighborhood · traffic · apartment blocks
borscht
Beetroot-based Slavic soup
- hopakUkrainian acrobatic folk dance
- banduraUkrainian plucked string instrument
- DnieperMajor Eastern European waterway
Maidan · hryvnia · Shevchenko · sunflower · steppe
parliament
National legislative assembly
- governmentAuthority over a state
- presidencyChief executive's office
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
independence · sovereignty · diplomacy · embassy · Orange Revolution · ministry · constitution · democracy · nationhood
Golden Gate
California strait and bridge
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
chronicles · medieval · dynasty · Volodymyr · Mongol invasion · heritage · archaeology · museum · old town · architecture
metro
Urban rail transit
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- left bankDownstream-facing river's port side
right bank · funicular · chestnut · population · neighborhood · traffic · apartment blocks
- Slavic cultureRussian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbian
- UkraineLviv, Kharkiv, Odesa, hryvnia, Crimea
- Early MedievalCharlemagne, Carolingian Empire, Carolingians, Carolingian, Viking Age
- Ukraine HistoryCossacks, Holodomor, Chernobyl, Orange Revolution, Cossack Hetmanate
- Kievan RusPrimary Chronicle, Olga, Igor, Christianization, boyars
- Slavic OrthodoxyOrthodox Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox, Cyril and Methodius
KievMoscow
Russia's capital city
the Kremlin · Kremlin · Russia · St. Petersburg · Minsk
- chicken KievButter-stuffed breaded cutlet