Kirov

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A transliteration of the Russian surname Киров (Kirov).
  2. 2
    An oblast of Russia.
  3. 3
    A city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ров (Kírov). Renamed in 1934, after Sergey Kirov (1886–1934), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist assassinated in 1934.

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