Czernigow

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Czernigów.

Proper noun

Czernigow ? sg (indeclinable)

1. Chernihiv (a city in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine)
   • 1578, Alexander Guagnini, Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae Regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Masouiam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Liuoniam, et Moschouiae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur [Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary], Omnium regionum, Moschouiae Monarchae subiectarum, Tartarorumque Campestrium, Arcium, Ciuitatum praecipuarum, Morum denique gentis, Religionis, et consuetudinis vitae sufficiens, et vera descriptio [A sufficient and true description of all the regions subject to the monarch of Muscovy, the fields of the Tartars, the fortresses, particular cities, and then the customs of the people, the religion, and customs of life], folio 6v:

     Czernigow, arx & oppidum 30. miliaribus à Kiouia diſtat.

     Chernihiv, fortress and town, stands 30 miles from Kyiv.