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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kharkov, Kharkiv(noun)

    a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine

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  1. Kharkiv(ProperNoun)

    An industrial city in eastern Ukraine, administrative centre of Kharkiv province.

  2. Kharkiv(ProperNoun)

    Kharkiv province (oblast), in eastern Ukraine.

  3. Kharkiv(ProperNoun)

    Kharkiv river in Ukraine.

    4. Origin: From Харків = Харьков. The city's name comes from the Kharkiv River. There is also a folk etymology that the city and river are named after a Cossack going by  <  < Greek Χαρίτων, but there is no hard evidence supporting this.

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