Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northern Ukraine northeast of Kiev. First mentioned in 907, it was the capital of the Chernigov principality in the 11th century and later passed to Lithuania, Poland, and Russia.

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  • proper noun A port city on the Desna river in Ukraine, administrative centre of Chernihiv province.
  • proper noun Chernihiv province (oblast), in northern Ukraine.

Etymologies

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From Ukrainian Чернігів (Černíhiv).

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Examples

  • The plan for Friday is to watch the final 2 episodes of "Lost" and then go beer tent-hopping for our last night in Chernihiv.

    The Final Days Pauly V. 2007

  • Monday night we had our talent show where we debuted our Chernihiv slideshow to an emotional group and we also watched volunteers sing and dance amongst other things.

    Time to Catch Up Pauly V. 2007

  • On the bus after saying goodbye to our Chernihiv host families. in front of me is Jonathan's host mom Tanya who gets the award for greatest host mom of 2007!

    Archive 2007-06-01 Pauly V. 2007

  • I have internet at my host organization so I will be able to blog once I'm there most likely, but tons of pictures will follow when I return to Chernihiv.

    Time To Blog Pauly V. 2007

  • Monday night we had our talent show where we debuted our Chernihiv slideshow to an emotional group and we also watched volunteers sing and dance amongst other things.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Pauly V. 2007

  • Yesterday Megan and I put together a 10 minute slide show of awesome pictures of our training group in Chernihiv and we will show it at the end of the talent show in Prolisok.

    The Final Days Pauly V. 2007

  • Up until this week I thought Ukraine, or at least Chernihiv, was a safe place and all the crap Peace Corps told us about safety was a waste of time.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Pauly V. 2007

  • The plan for Friday is to watch the final 2 episodes of "Lost" and then go beer tent-hopping for our last night in Chernihiv.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Pauly V. 2007

  • Yesterday Megan and I put together a 10 minute slide show of awesome pictures of our training group in Chernihiv and we will show it at the end of the talent show in Prolisok.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Pauly V. 2007

  • Our beer tent crawl in Chernihiv last week was fun, but uneventful.

    Time to Catch Up Pauly V. 2007

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