# Kirov

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #63,740

## Definitions
1. An oblast of Russia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Ки́ров (Kírov). Renamed in 1934, after Sergey Kirov (1886–1934), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist assassinated in 1934.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kirov