User-submitted place name Maykop

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Usage Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek

Scripts Майкоп(Russian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian Cyrillic, Ukrainian, Uzbek Cyrillic) Մայկոպ(Armenian) مايكوپ(Kazakh Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. mie-KOP(Russian)

mie-KAWP(Armenian, English)

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Other Forms FormsMaikop (Russian, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ukrainian)

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Meaning & History

From Adyghe Мыекъуапэ (Məeq°āpă) meaning "cape of apples", from мые (məe) meaning "apple" and къуапэ (q°āpă) meaning "cape, gorge, height". This is the name of the capital of Adygea.