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Pronunciation: [kˈɪʃa͡ɪnəv] (IPA)

Kishinev is the capital city of Moldova, also known as Chisinau. The word "Kishinev" has several synonyms in different languages. In Romanian, it is known as Chișinău, while in Russian, it is called Кишинёв (Kishinyov). The city is also referred to as Kishinev in Yiddish, which was once a commonly spoken language in the region. However, in recent times, the Yiddish term "Kishinev" has been replaced by the Hebrew name קִישִׁינָאוֹ‎ (Kishinay), which is now commonly used by Jewish communities. The city is also known as Chisináu in Greek, Kiszyniów in Polish, and Kichin'ō in Japanese.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      chisinau.

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Usage examples for Kishinev

We read of the epoch-making Pushkin who was exiled to kishinev at twenty, and later to Mikhailovskoye, and who escaped permanent political exile in Siberia by accident.
"Comrade Kropotkin"
Victor Robinson
It was before anti-Semitism was in flower, and the people of the time were more responsive even than during the later kishinev massacres.
"The Haskalah Movement in Russia"
Jacob S. Raisin
A similar school was opened in kishinev by Stern, and in the early "forties" there was hardly a Jewish community of note without one or more of such Jewish public institutions.
"The Haskalah Movement in Russia"
Jacob S. Raisin

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