So why would western media not use “Kiev”

They don’t use the typed words “Praha” when referencing Prague, or “Wien” for Vienna, or “Muenchen” for Munich. Heck they don’t say “Pear-e” when discussing Paris. Obviously cities/countries have differing spellings and pronunciations in the native tongue vs non-native.

I believe CapeAnnHokie has it right. Kyiv is Ukrainian while Kiev is Russian. For obvious reasons the former is preferred.

[Post edited by HwoodHokie at 02/27/2022 1:03PM]

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Posted: 02/27/2022 at 12:30PM

Welcome to Kyiv -- bigbadbird 02/27/2022 09:09AM

How do you say “Putin Go F… Yourself!” in Ukrainian, phonetically? We nee -- Hoakie82 02/27/2022 8:13PM

It's always been Kiev (key-ev), why the change. ** -- MikeVT85 02/27/2022 11:22AM

I just assume that it is a change made to be more accurate to the -- SteveInBaltimore 02/27/2022 1:40PM

Keev = Ukranian pronunciation; Kee-ev = Russian ** -- CapeAnnHokie 02/27/2022 12:19PM

Kee-eve = Ukrainian pronunciation, Kee-yev = Russian -- Gadfly 02/27/2022 1:33PM

Thanks for clarification! I was close-ish, right? -- CapeAnnHokie 02/27/2022 1:54PM

Thanks. Grandparents and their siblings mostly all emigrated to U.S. and -- Gadfly 02/27/2022 2:39PM

It’s always been pronounced as Київ ** -- VT BronzeBacker 02/27/2022 12:13PM

Slavic languages are a little different. Take Polish, for example. Once... -- VToncologyNurse 02/27/2022 12:12PM

So why would western media not use “Kiev” -- HwoodHokie 02/27/2022 12:30PM

Political correctness. We are talking media, right? And I think the.... -- VToncologyNurse 02/27/2022 12:48PM

More like a correction of an incorrect translation -- MAHokie69 02/27/2022 11:28AM

So why would western media not use “Kiev”

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