a city in S Ukraine on the Southern Bug about 64 km (40 miles) from the Black Sea: founded as a naval base in 1788; one of the leading Black Sea ports. Pop: 518 000 (2005 est)
Former name: Vernoleninsk
Nikolayev in American English
(ˌnɪkəˈlɑˌjɛv)
seaport in S Ukraine, on the Bug River: pop. 512,000