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When did Kiev become Kyiv? What’s that all about? Edit: thank you to everyone who educated me on the subject.
by User23 5y ago
When did Kiev become Kyiv? What’s that all about?
Edit: thank you to everyone who educated me on the subject.
- 323 5y ago> The short answer is simple: Ukrainians call their capital “Kyiv” (kee-yiv), the spelling, a transliteration of the Ukrainian Київ. The Russian version is “Kiev” (kee-yev). > Not surprisingly, the Ukrainian government mounted a campaign four years ago to secure international approval for the name of its capital city. There is even a popular Twitter hashtag, #KyivNotKiev. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/how-to-pronounce-and-spell-kyiv-kiev-ukraine-and-why-it-matters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/how-to-pronoun...
- happytoexplain 5y agoThe Ukrainian and Russian alphabets have different glyphs and pronunciations for a few letters. In Ukrainian, it is Ки́їв, and in Russian, it is Ки́ев. They Romanize differently, and it is considered a sign of solidarity with Ukraine to use their spelling/pronunciation.
- aix1 5y agoJust wanted to note that the acute accent over the и (in both Russian and Ukrainian) indicates the stress and is only used in fairly narrow contexts such as dictionary entries. Normally it's just Киев/Київ.
- happytoexplain 5y agoThanks, I was just wondering about that.
- camdenreslink 5y agoKiev was the Russian name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KyivNotKiev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KyivNotKiev
- ethbr0 5y agoSimilarly, as a non-European, when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia" (at least on Google Maps)?
- Luc 5y agoJanuary 19, 2017.
- aix1 5y ago> when did the "Czech Republic" becomes "Czechia" "On 17 May 2016 the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations informed the UN that the short name to be used for the country is Czechia." [1] The official full name in English continues to be "the Czech Republic". [2] [1] https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/czechoslovakia https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/czechoslovakia [2] https://unterm.un.org/unterm/Display/record/UNHQ/NA?Id=4275087d-4018-4082-899d-95f37efeda65 https://unterm.un.org/unterm/Display/record/UNHQ/NA?Id=42750...
- cmutel 5y agoThe official ISO shortname changed on Sept 28, 2016: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CZ https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CZ. Wikipedia has a good discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic
- oh_sigh 5y agoSince you're out of the loop, FYI Swaziland is now Eswatini!
- Mikeb85 5y agoUkraine changed the "official" way to transliterate Ukrainian words from Cyrillic to English some time ago, to closer match the way it's actually pronounced. Plus some changes from Russian to Ukrainian when the country started promoting the Ukrainian language (they're very close, but not quite the same). Kiev -> Kyiv. Kharkov -> Kharkiv. Zelensky should be spelt Zelenskiy (as per his official social media). Vladimir -> Volodymyr, Mikhail -> Mykhailo, etc...
- rootusrootus 5y ago> Zelenskiy (as per his official social media) On his Twitter, he spells it Zelenskyy
- Mikeb85 5y agoOn Instagram it's Zelenskiy. Also in Cyrillic the last 2 letters are different...
- rootusrootus 5y agoOn his official government page [1] it's Zelenskyy. And on his passport, apparently. [1] https://www.president.gov.ua https://www.president.gov.ua