# Mykolaiv
## English
### Alternative forms

* Mykolaiiv, Mykolayiv

### Etymology

From Ukrainian Микола́їв (Mykolájiv), from Микола́й (Mykoláj, “Nicholas”). The city near the Dniester was founded under the Polish name Mikołajów, named for its founder and first owner, Mikołaj Tarło. The city on the Southern Buh was founded under the Russian name Никола́ев (Nikolájev), named by the city’s founder, H.S.H. Prince Grigory Potemkin, for Никола́й Чудотво́рец (Nikoláj Čudotvórec, St Nicholas the Wonderworker), on whose feast day (the 6th of December) in 1788 (reckoned according to the Julian calendar) the Russian siege of Özi concluded with the capture of the Ottoman fortress-city (now Ochakiv, the Ukraine) by Russian forces under the Prince’s command. Both Polish Mikołajów and Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev) are cognate with the Ukrainian name, being derived respectively from Mikołaj and Никола́й (Nikoláj), themselves cognate with Ukrainian Микола́й (Mykoláj) by common descent from Ancient Greek Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos). Compare Nikolayev.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /mɪkəˈlɑː(j)ɪv/
* (US) IPA: /mɪkəˈlɑ(j)ɪv/
* Hyphenation: Myko‧la‧iv

### Proper noun

Mykolaiv
* A village in Bobrovytsia urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in 1587.
* A village in Chornyi Ostriv settlement hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in 1555.
* A village in Lopatyn settlement hromada, Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast, the Ukraine, founded before 1772.
* A village in Davydiv rural hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, the Ukraine, first mentioned in 1670.
* A city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada of the same name, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in 1570 near the River Dniester.
    Synonym: Mykolaiv on the Dniester
** (historical) A former raion of Lviv Oblast, the Ukraine, established in January 1940 and disestablished in July 2020.
** An urban hromada of Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, the Ukraine, established in July 2020.
* A city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada, raion, and oblast of the same name of the Ukraine, founded in 1789 at the confluence of the Inhul and the Southern Buh.
** 2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times, Russia–Ukraine War:He is worried for his parents, who live in Mykolaiv, a port city on the Black Sea where Abramenko was raised. It sits between the occupied city of Kherson and Odessa, expected to be a key target of the Russians.
** (historical) The former Ukrainian name, from the 8th (O.S.) or 20th (N.S.) of October 1802 until the 15th (O.S.) or 27th (N.S.) of May 1803, of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire.
    Synonym: Nikolayev Governorate (former Russian name)
** (historical) A military governorate of the Russian Empire, established in 1864 and disestablished in 1900.
    Coordinate term: Mykolaiv and Sevastopol Military Governorate (predecessor administrative division [1805–1864])
** (historical) A gradonachalstvo of the Russian Empire, established in 1900 and abolished in 1917.
** (historical) A governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in May 1919 and disestablished in October 1922.
    Synonym: Kherson Governorate (former name [May 1919–January 1921])
** (historical) A povit of the governorate of the same name of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in December 1920 and abolished in October 1922.
** (historical) An okruha of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in March 1923, subordinate to the intermediate Odesa Governorate until July 1925, part of the Steppe pidraion in 1926, and disestablished in January 1930.
** (historical) A raion of the okruha of the same name of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in March 1923 and disestablished in January 1930.
** An oblast of the Ukraine, established in September 1937 by its separation from the formerly larger Odesa Oblast.
    Synonym: Mykolaivshchyna
** (historical) The former name, from December 1938 to September 1944, of the Zhovtneve Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
** (historical) The Ukrainian name of the Nikolajew Generalbezirk of Reichskommissariat Ukraine.
** (historical) The Ukrainian name of Kreisgebiet Nikolajew, Nikolajew Generalbezirk, Reichskommissariat Ukraine.
** A raion of the oblast of the same name, the Ukraine, established in December 1962 and considerably enlarged in July 2020.
** An urban hromada of the raion of the same name, in the oblast of the same name, the Ukraine, established in June 2020.

#### Meronyms

(constituent hromady of the former raion of Lviv Oblast): Mykolaiv (urban hromada); Rozvadiv, Trostianets (rural hromady)
* Bilche (village)
* Bolonia (village)
* Drohovyzh (village)
* Hirske (village)
* Honiatychi (village)
* Kahuiv (village)
* Kolodruby (village)
* Krynytsia (village)
* Lypytsi (village)
* Lystvianyi (village)
* Mala Horozhanna (village)
* Mykolaiv (city)
* Novosilky-Oparski (village)
* Pavuky (village)
* Pidlissia (village)
* Poverhiv (village)
* Radelychi (village)
* Rudnyky (village)
* Rychahiv (village)
* Saikiv (village)
* Trudove (village)
* Ustia (village)
* Velyka Horozhanna (village)
* Verbizh (village)
* Averin (hamlet)
* Bereznehuvate (suburb)
* Bohoyavlenskyi (suburb)
* Kalynivka (suburb)
* Kulbakyne (hamlet)
* Mishkove (hamlet)
* Mykolaiv (city)
* Pohorilove (hamlet)
* Pokrovsk (suburb)
* Vodopii (hamlet)
* Voskresenske (suburb)
* Vysunsk (suburb)
* Aliaudy
* Bohoyavlensk
* Invalidnyi Khutir
* Kulbakyne
* Mishkovo-Pohorilove
* Mykolaiv
* Novyi Vodopii
* Shyroka Balka
* Soliani
* Staryi Vodopii
(constituent povity of the governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic): Dnipro, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Oleksandriia, Pervomaisk, Voznesensk, Yelysavethrad
(constituent raiony of the oblast post July 2022): Bashtanka, Mykolaiv, Pervomaisk, Voznesensk
* Arbuzynka (raion)
* Bashtanka (raion)
* Berezanka (raion)
* Bereznehuvate (raion)
* Bratske (raion)
* Domanivka (raion)
* Kazanka (raion)
* Kryve Ozero (raion)
* Mykolaiv (city, raion)
* Nova Odesa (raion)
* Novyi Buh (raion)
* Ochakiv (city, raion)
* Pervomaisk (city, raion)
* Snihurivka (raion)
* Veselynove (raion)
* Vitovka (raion)
* Voznesensk (city, raion)
* Vradiivka (raion)
* Yelanets (raion)
* Yuzhnoukrainsk (city)
* Berezanka (settlement hromada)
* Chornomorka (rural hromada)
* Halytsynove (rural hromada)
* Kobleve (rural hromada)
* Kostiantynivka (rural hromada)
* Kutsurub (rural hromada)
* Mishkovo-Pohorilove (rural hromada)
* Mykolaiv (urban hromada)
* Nechaiane (rural hromada)
* Nova Odesa (urban hromada)
* Ochakiv (urban hromada)
* Olshanske (settlement hromada)
* Pervomaiske (settlement hromada)
* Radisnyi Sad (rural hromada)
* Shevchenkove (rural hromada)
* Stepove (rural hromada)
* Sukhyi (rural hromada)
* Vesniane (rural hromada)
* Voskresenske (settlement hromada)
(constituent hromady of the raion of Mykolaiv Oblast ante July 2022): Olshanske (settlement hromada); Nechaiane, Radisnyi Sad, Stepove, Vesniane (rural hromady)
(constituent settlement of the urban hromada of Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast): Mykolaiv (city)

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### Further reading

* Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mykolaiv urban hromada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mykolaiv on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mykolaiv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mykolaiv Raion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mykolaiv urban hromada, Mykolaiv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Administrative divisions of Mykolaiv Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia