Vladimir
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)//
A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
proper noun
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A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
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A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
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A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
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An oblast of Russia.
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Variant of VolodymyrRussian form of Volodymyr, a city and raion of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.
Etymology
From Russian Владимир (Vladimir), as well as from other Slavic cognates, and reinforced by Medieval Latin Vladimirus, name of several saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ), Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (which see for more), equivalent to владь (vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”)) and мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ (mirŭ, “peace”). Compare Waldemar.
Vladimir · A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to…
vocabulary · A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g.…vocal · Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.vocalizing · vocalization