Chernihiv

== English == === Alternative forms === Chernigiv, Chernihov (from Russian) Chernigov (from Polish) Czernihów, Czernihow === Etymology === Transliteration of Ukrainian Черні́гів (Černíhiv). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈniːhiːv/ (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəɹˈnihiv/, /t͡ʃɛɹ-/, /-ˈnihɪv/, (anglicized) /ˈt͡ʃəɹnəˌhiv/ Hyphenation: Cher‧ni‧hiv === Proper noun === Chernihiv A port city, the administrative centre of Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine, on the Desna River. A miskrada in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in October 1932. Seat: Chernihiv. An urban hromada of Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020. Seat: Chernihiv. A raion of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923. Seat: Chernihiv. An oblast of Ukraine, established in October 1932. Seat: Chernihiv. (historical) A former voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, established in 1635, disestablished in 1654. (historical) A former governorate of the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in 1802, abolished in 1925. (historical) A former uyezd in Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire. ==== Meronyms ==== ==== Translations ====