Kievan

Kievan
/kee"ef euhn, -ev euhn/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to Kiev.
2. of or pertaining to the period in Russian history (11th and 12th centuries) when Kiev was the political center of a loose federation of states: Kievan Russia.
n.
3. a native or inhabitant of Kiev.
[1925-30; KIEV + -AN]

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