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Etymology

 * Traditionally concidered to be derived from the city's founder, meaning "Kyi's [city]". This has been dismissed by as folk etymology.
 * According to and the, the name derives from , maybe referring to the fact the city was palisaded by poles.
 * Alternatively, related to the modern and.
 * Alternatively, related to the modern and.

The first time mentioned in the Hebrew, spelled as. In the earliest Novgorod birch bark manuscripts spelled as. Also mentioned by Constantine VII, the Byzantine Emperor.