Charkow

See also: Charków

German

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ха́рьков (Xárʹkov).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaʁkɔf/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʁkɔf/, /ˈʃaʁko/ (spelling pronunciation; latter was the usual Wehrmacht form)

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Proper noun

Charkow n (proper noun, genitive Charkows or (optionally with an article) Charkow)

1. Alternative form of Charkiw: Kharkiv, Kharkov (a city in Ukraine)
   • 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 47:

     It takes another good look to notice that the map shows the through route from Berlin Zoo to my native Kharkiv - referred to as Charkow Hauptbahnhof (or Hbf) - uninterrupted by any borders. You can also trace the 400 3356 service ('Zug Nr 3356') from Charkow to Slawjansk (Slovyansk in the Ukrainian transliteration) in Donbass, to where trains from today's Kharkiv are running again.

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