Khiva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Хива́ (Xivá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiːvə/

Proper noun

Khiva

A small historical town in present-day Uzbekistan, former capital of Khwarezm, and a former khanate.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 17:
  It now occurred to him that possession of Khiva, which lay midway between his own frontiers and those of India, would provide him with the staging point he needed in the region.

Translations

a town

Chinese:
Mandarin: 希瓦 (Xīwǎ)
Kazakh: Хиуа (Xiua)
Ottoman Turkish: خیوه (hive)
Persian: خیوه (xive)
Russian: Хива́ (ru) (Xivá)
Turkish: Hive
Turkmen: Hywa
Uyghur: خىۋە (xiwe)
Uzbek: Xiva
Written Oirat: ᡍᡅᡖᡄ (Kiwe)

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