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Niobium (medicine) and Kharkiv (sh)


Niobium (medicine)


niobium
<chemistry> A later name of columbium. See Columbium.

Origin: NL, fr. L. & E. Niobe.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Kharkiv (sh)




City (pop., 2001: 1,470,000), northeastern Ukraine.

Founded in 1655 as a military stronghold to protect Russia's southern borderlands, it became a seat of provincial government in 1732. It served as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921-34). The second largest city in Ukraine, it is a heavy industry centre, manufacturing agricultural machinery and electrical equipment.