Etymograph

English

Vladivostok

Vladivostok comes from Russian Владивосток.

  1. RussianmodernВладивосток
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1885Vladivostok

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. RussianmodernВладивосток
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1885Vladivostok

Earliest quotation: 1885, 1885 June 30, THE RUSSO-KOREAN TREATY.: “We may also expect to hear that a Corean…”

Today it means

name A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Russian Владивосток / Vladivostok