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- DictionaryKi·ev/ˈkēev/
- 1. the capital of Ukraine, an industrial city and port on the Dnieper River; population 2,765,500 (est. 2009). Founded in the 8th century, it became capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1934 and of independent Ukraine in 1991.
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Jan 25, 2022 · This week, NPR decided to officially adapt on-the-air pronunciation of Kyiv, the capital formerly spelled Kiev, to sound closer to the way it's said in Ukrainian. NPR already changed the...
- Kyiv Or Kiev?
- Why Is CBC Using 'Kyiv'?
- Pronunciation Is Political
Kiev was the internationally accepted English-language spelling through the Soviet period and into the first years of this century. 1. Watch a video on how to pronounce Kyiv But, according to Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, director of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, the name "Kiev" is now associated with the Ru...
On Tuesday, CBC's chief pronunciation counsellor, Laura Carlin, said in a note that CBC would be using the Kyiv transliteration based on the Ukrainian spelling. "While language does evolve, we generally change place-name pronunciations only to reflect a true shift in how people in English-speaking Canada refer to a country or to match widespread sh...
Khanenko-Friesen says the spelling and pronunciation of "Kyiv" is significant during this "time of aggravated assault on the sovereignty and integrity of the Ukrainian state." "Using, right now, the Ukrainian pronunciation of ... the capital is a very small choice one can do in recognition that Ukraine does have the right to exist as an independent...
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Nov 13, 2019 · Published Nov. 13, 2019 Updated Jan. 25, 2022. 2022 update: Here’s a bit more on how to pronounce Kyiv. Note: Days after this article was published, The New York Times changed its style of...
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- Karen Zraick
Mar 1, 2022 · That's because U.S. and European news agencies are largely using the Ukrainian pronunciation of Kyiv, which is more like one syllable, or maybe two that slide into each other: "KEE-eev" or "KEE-yiv". Note too that most news outlets are using the spelling "Kyiv" rather than "Kiev" for the capital city.
- Kristen Hall-Geisler
Jan 25, 2022 · This week, NPR decided to officially adapt on-the-air pronunciation of Kyiv, the capital formerly spelled Kiev, to sound closer to the way it's said in Ukrainian. NPR already changed the...
