Kharkiv
geographical name
Khar·kiv
| \ ˈkär-kəf
, ˈḵär-\
, ˈḵär-\
variants:
or Kharkov \ ˈkär-ˌkȯf
, ˈḵär- , -ˌkȯv , -kəf \
, ˈḵär- , -ˌkȯv , -kəf \
Definition of Kharkiv
city in northeastern Ukraine on the edge of Donets Basin population 1,446,000
Note: Kharkiv was the capital of Ukraine from 1921 to 1934.