Chornobyl'(Other)Ukrainian Chornobyl' is the name of a power plant that had a meltdown in 1986 as well as a Ukrainian village, meaning "black" from Ukrainian чорний (chornyy). The English form is Chernobyl.
Khreshchatyk(Other)Ukrainian Derived from хрест (khrest), meaning "cross". Khreshchatyk is a historical street in the Ukrainian capital, and is the most iconic street in Ukraine.
Kiyev(Region, Settlement & Other)Russian Russian variant transcription of Kiev.
Kyiv(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Ukrainian, English, Danish, Indonesian, Malagasy, Malay, Norwegian, Tagalog From Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievu) of uncertain meaning. It is traditionally attributed to the given name Кий (Kyi) referring to one of the three legendary founders of the city, although another theory suggests that it is derived from Ukrainian кий (kyi) meaning "stick, pole" (so named because the city was palisaded by poles)... [more]
Kyyiv(Region, Settlement & Other)Ukrainian Ukrainian variant transcription of Kyiv.
Kyzyl(Political Subdivision)Russian Derived from Tatar кызыл (kızıl), meaning "red".
Malorossiya(Country & Region)Russian Means "Little Russia" (малый/malyy + россия/rossiya), a historical term denoting to what now is mostly Ukraine.
Naryan Mar(Settlement)Russian Means "red town" in Nenets. Naryan-Mar is a large industrial and river port city in Nenetsiya, Russia and it is home to about half of it's region's population.
Nimechchyna(Country)Ukrainian Ukrainian form of Germany. Comes from an old Slavic word that meant "people who don't speak right".
Nizhny Novgorod(Other)Russian, Medieval Russian, English Derived from "нижний (nizhny)" meaning lower, "новый (novy)" meaning new, and "город (gorod)" meaning city. It joins together to mean "Lower New City" or could also be called "Lower Novgorod".... [more]
Novorossiya(Region)Russian Means New Russia, from новый (novyy) meaning new and Россия (Rossiya) meaning Russia. Historically it was used to describe a region of land around the Ukrainian coastline, but in contemporary usage it refers to the group of 8 regions in Ukraine* (Donyetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozh'ye, Kherson, Khar'kov, Odessa, Dnyepr, Nikolayev) that are predominantly Russian... [more]
Rrusastan(Country)Armenian Derived from the Armenian form of Kievan Rus', Kiyevyan Rrusia (Կիևյան Ռուսիա), the name of ancient Russia, and the Persian suffix "ستان (stan)", meaning "land of".
Velikiy Novgorod(Other)Russian Derived from "великий (velikiy)" meaning great and "новый (novy)" meaning new, and "город (gorod)" meaning city. It joins together to mean "Great New City" or could also be called "Great Novgorod"... [more]
Velikorossiya(Country & Region)Russian Means "Great Russia" (великий/velikiy + россия/rossiya). It is a historical name of what is now mostly the Russian Federation.
Vorkuta(Other)Russian, Komi, Nenets Means "the abundance of bears" in Nenets. Vorkuta is a far north city in the Komi Republic in Russia.
Voroshilovgrad(Other)Russian Means "city of Voroshilov", referring to the military officer Kliment Voroshilov. It is the former name of Lugansk City.