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vladimir

/ˈvlædəmɪɹ/

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What does vladimir mean?

proper noun

  1. 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.
  2. A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
  3. A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. An oblast of Russia.
  2. Russian form of Volodymyr, a city and raion of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈvlædəmɪɹ/

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The inn was kept by a fat man from the town, Vladimir, and he knew Stepan.
Leo, graf TolstoyThe forged coupon, and other storiesProject Gutenberg ebook #243
They tell of Ilia, the peasant, the servant of Vladimir, Fair Sun.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
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The visit of Vladimir Bourtzeff to Chicago just after his exposure of the famous secret agent, Azeff, filled one with perplexity in regard to a government which would connive at the violent death of a faithful official and that of a member of the royal household for the sake of bringing opprobrium and punishment to the revolutionists and credit to the secret police.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325