Vladivostok

English

Alternative forms

• Vladivostock (dated)

Etymology

From Russian Владивосток (Vladivostok).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvlædɪˈvɒstɒk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌvlædɪˈvɑstɑk/

Proper noun

Vladivostok

2. A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.
   • 1957, Chung-cheng (Kai-shek) Chiang, “Beginnings”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy‎^[1], New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:

     Only after it was all over did I learn of their plan to seize me on board the Chungshan when I was to take it to go back to the Military Academy at Whampoa from Canton. They would then send me as a prisoner to Russia via Vladivostok, thereby removing the major obstacle to their scheme of using the National Revolution as a medium for setting up a "dictatorship of the proletariat."

   • 1980, Gerald Ford, A Time to Heal‎^[2], New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 213:

     Brezhnev shared my enthusiasm. Impulsively, after a late lunch, he invited me to accompany him on a tour of Vladivostok. We climbed into the back seat of a long black limousine and headed toward the city, thirteen miles away. The local commissar, a large, dark-complexioned man wearing a thick wool coat, sat in the jump seat in front of Brezhnev, and the interpreter, Victor Sukhodrev, sat in front of me. Our conversation was natural and uninhibited. How many people lived in Vladivostok? What was the main industry? And was it always this cold? Twenty minutes later, we drove down a steep hill, entered the city and swung around the main square. A small crowd was there, and even though it was dusk, they recognized the car and applauded. The city itself reminded me of San Francisco, and I wished that I'd had more time to explore the place. But it was starting to get dark and we headed back toward Okeanskaya.

   • 2011, Henry Kissinger, quoting Deng Xiaoping, “Notes”, in On China‎^[3], New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 536:

     Commenting acidly on the loss of Vladivostok 115 years later (and on President Ford’s summit with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev in that city), Deng Xiaoping told me that the different names given to the city by the Chinese and the Russians reflected their respective purposes: the Chinese name translated roughly as “Sea Slug,” while the Russian name meant “Rule of the East.” “I don’t think it has any other meaning except what it means at face value,” he added.

   • 2022 September 11, Austin Ramzy, “Russia says that a senior Chinese official expressed support for the invasion of Ukraine.”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-11, Russia-Ukraine War‎^[5]:

     Li Zhanshu, the third-ranking member of the Communist Party of China, visited Moscow last week after attending an economic forum in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, where he met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

   • 2023 June 20, Radek Sikorski, “Europe’s Real Test Is Yet to Come”, in Foreign Affairs‎^[6], archived from the original on 2023-07-18‎^[7]:

     The Chinese government has kept quiet about it, but Radio France International reported in March 2023 that China’s Ministry of Natural Resources had issued new guidelines for maps, requiring the addition of old Chinese names alongside Russian geographical names in eight places along the Russian-Chinese border, including Vladivostok, which should now be referred to as Haishenwai. As if bowing to Beijing, Moscow has said it will open the port of Vladivostok to Chinese transit trade for the first time in 163 years.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Vladivostok.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Haishenwai, Haishenwei, Hai-shen-wei

Translations

seaport in Russia

• Afrikaans: Wladiwostok
• Arabic: فْلَادِيفُوسْتُوك f (fladifustūk)
• Armenian: Վլադիվոստոկ (Vladivostok)
• Azerbaijani: Vladivostok (az)
• Belarusian: Уладзівасто́к m (Uladzivastók)
• Bulgarian: Владивосто́к m (Vladivostók)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 符拉迪沃斯托克 (zh) (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè), 海參崴／海参崴 (zh) (Hǎishēnwǎi, Hǎishēnwēi)

• Czech: Vladivostok m
• Danish: Vladivostok n
• Dutch: Vladivostok n
• Estonian: Vladivostok (et)
• Finnish: Vladivostok (fi)
• French: Vladivostok (fr) m
• Georgian: ვლადივოსტოკი (vladivosṭoḳi)
• German: Wladiwostok (de) n
• Greek: Βλαδιβοστόκ (el) n (Vladivostók)
• Hebrew: ולדיווסטוק f
• Hindi: व्लादिवोस्तोक (vlādivostok)
• Hungarian: Vlagyivosztok (hu)
• Japanese: ウラジオストク (Urajiosutoku), (old) 浦塩斯徳 (Urajiosutoku), (old or rare) 浦塩 (Urajio)
• Korean: 블라디보스토크 (ko) (Beulladiboseutokeu), 해삼위(海蔘威) (Haesamwi), 해삼시 (Haesamsi), 울라지보스또크 (ko) (Ullajiboseuttokeu) (North Korea)
• Latin: Vladivostokium n
• Latvian: Vladivostoka
• Lithuanian: Vladivostokas m
• Macedonian: Владиво́сток m (Vladivóstok)
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᡳᡧᡝᠨᠸᡝᡳ (haišenwei)
• Maori: Paratipotoka
• Marathi: व्लादिवोस्तोक n (vlādivostok)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Владивосток (Vladivostok)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Vladivostok n

• Old Church Slavonic: Владивъстокъ (Vladivŭstokŭ)
• Persian: ولادی‌وستوک (velâdi-vostok)
• Polish: Władywostok (pl) m
• Portuguese: Vladivostok f, Vladivostoque f
• Russian: Владивосто́к (ru) m (Vladivostók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Владивосток m

  Roman: Vladivostok m

• Slovak: Vladivostok m
• Slovene: Vladivostok m
• Spanish: Vladivostok (es) m
• Thai: วลาดีวอสตอค (wá-laa-dì-wo-sà-tók)
• Turkish: Vladivostok
• Udihe: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: Владивосто́к m (Vladyvostók)
• Urdu: ولادی وستوک (vlādi vostok)
• Uzbek: Vladivostok
• Vietnamese: Vladivostok, Vla-đi-vô-xtốc, Vờ-la-đi-vô-xơ-tốc, Hải Sâm Uy (海參崴)

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Vladivostok”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2042, column 2
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Vladivostok”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[9], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3377, column 2
• “Vladivostok”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Vladivostok, Vladivostock at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Vladivostok”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Vladivostok”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Vladivostok” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvlaɟɪvostok]

Proper noun

Vladivostok m inan (related adjective vladivostocký)

1. Vladivostok (a city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai)

Declension

Declension of Vladivostok (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Vladivostok
genitive	Vladivostoku
dative	Vladivostoku
accusative	Vladivostok
vocative	Vladivostoku
locative	Vladivostoku
instrumental	Vladivostokem

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian Владивосток (Vladivostok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋlɑdiʋostok/, [ˈʋlɑ̝diˌʋo̞s̠to̞k]
• Rhymes: -ostok
• Syllabification^(key): Vla‧di‧vos‧tok

Proper noun

Vladivostok

1. Vladivostok (a city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai)

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Vladivostok" is Vladivostokissa.

Inflection of Vladivostok (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Vladivostok	—
genitive		Vladivostokin	—
partitive		Vladivostokia	—
illative		Vladivostokiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Vladivostok	—
accusative	nom.	Vladivostok	—
	gen.	Vladivostokin
genitive		Vladivostokin	—
partitive		Vladivostokia	—
inessive		Vladivostokissa	—
elative		Vladivostokista	—
illative		Vladivostokiin	—
adessive		Vladivostokilla	—
ablative		Vladivostokilta	—
allative		Vladivostokille	—
essive		Vladivostokina	—
translative		Vladivostokiksi	—
abessive		Vladivostokitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Vladivostok (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vladivostokini — accusative nom. Vladivostokini — gen. Vladivostokini genitive Vladivostokini — partitive Vladivostokiani — inessive Vladivostokissani — elative Vladivostokistani — illative Vladivostokiini — adessive Vladivostokillani — ablative Vladivostokiltani — allative Vladivostokilleni — essive Vladivostokinani — translative Vladivostokikseni — abessive Vladivostokittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vladivostokisi — accusative nom. Vladivostokisi — gen. Vladivostokisi genitive Vladivostokisi — partitive Vladivostokiasi — inessive Vladivostokissasi — elative Vladivostokistasi — illative Vladivostokiisi — adessive Vladivostokillasi — ablative Vladivostokiltasi — allative Vladivostokillesi — essive Vladivostokinasi — translative Vladivostokiksesi — abessive Vladivostokittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vladivostokimme — accusative nom. Vladivostokimme — gen. Vladivostokimme genitive Vladivostokimme — partitive Vladivostokiamme — inessive Vladivostokissamme — elative Vladivostokistamme — illative Vladivostokiimme — adessive Vladivostokillamme — ablative Vladivostokiltamme — allative Vladivostokillemme — essive Vladivostokinamme — translative Vladivostokiksemme — abessive Vladivostokittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vladivostokinne — accusative nom. Vladivostokinne — gen. Vladivostokinne genitive Vladivostokinne — partitive Vladivostokianne — inessive Vladivostokissanne — elative Vladivostokistanne — illative Vladivostokiinne — adessive Vladivostokillanne — ablative Vladivostokiltanne — allative Vladivostokillenne — essive Vladivostokinanne — translative Vladivostokiksenne — abessive Vladivostokittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Vladivostokinsa — accusative nom. Vladivostokinsa — gen. Vladivostokinsa genitive Vladivostokinsa — partitive Vladivostokiaan Vladivostokiansa — inessive Vladivostokissaan Vladivostokissansa — elative Vladivostokistaan Vladivostokistansa — illative Vladivostokiinsa — adessive Vladivostokillaan Vladivostokillansa — ablative Vladivostokiltaan Vladivostokiltansa — allative Vladivostokilleen Vladivostokillensa — essive Vladivostokinaan Vladivostokinansa — translative Vladivostokikseen Vladivostokiksensa — abessive Vladivostokittaan Vladivostokittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Vladivostoque

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vla.d͡ʒi.vosˈtɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vla.d͡ʒi.vosˈtɔ.ki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vla.d͡ʒi.voʃˈtɔ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vla.d͡ʒi.vosˈtɔ.ke/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vla.di.vɔʃˈtɔ.kɨ/ [vla.ði.vɔʃˈtɔ.kɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vla.di.vɔʃˈtɔ.kɨ/ [vla.ði.vɔʃˈtɔ.kɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bla.di.bɔʃˈtɔ.kɨ/ [bla.ði.βɔʃˈtɔ.kɨ]

Proper noun

Vladivostok f

1. Vladivostok (a city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Vladivostok m (Cyrillic spelling Владивосток)

1. Vladivostok (a city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai)