Kiou

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Kyiv obsolete

    "Thence they paſſed into Ruſſia, and made foule hauocke there, deſtroying Kiou, the chiefe Citie."

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chicken kievkievan rusrus

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"Thence they paſſed into Ruſſia, and made foule hauocke there, deſtroying Kiou, the chiefe Citie."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Polish Kijów. Doublet of Kyiv and Kiev.

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