a variant transliteration of the Russian name for Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg in British English
or Ekaterinburg (Russian jɪkətɪrinˈburk)
noun
a city in NW Russia, in the Ural Mountains: scene of the execution (1918) of Nicholas II and his family; university (1920); one of the largest centres of heavy engineering in Russia. Pop: 1 281 000 (2005 est)