Kænugarður

Icelandic

Etymology

An adaptation of Slavic *Kijan-gorod / *Kyjevŭ gordŭ, literally “Kyi's castle”. Composed of kæna +‎ garður.

Proper noun

Kænugarður m

Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine)
Synonyms: Kíev, Kýiv

Declension

declension of Kænugarður

	indefinite
m-s1	singular
nominative	Kænugarður
accusative	Kænugarð
dative	Kænugarði
genitive	Kænugarðs

Further reading

“Kænugarður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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