Mykyta ( ) is a
Ukrainian given name, cognate of
Belarusian ''
Mikita'' and
Russian ''
Nikita'', all originally borrowed from
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
''
Nicetas'' (). The name Mykyta can be literately translated as ''unconquerable'' or ''victory'', i.e., a man who has the capability of winning in every field, a winner.
Notable persons with the name Mykyta include:
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Mykyta Poturayev (born 1970), Ukrainian politician
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Mykyta Burda (born 1995), Ukrainian football defender
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Mykyta Kamenyuka (born 1985), Ukrainian football midfielder
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Mykyta Kravchenko (born 1997), Ukrainian football midfielder
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Mykyta Kryukov (born 1991), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
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Mykyta Nesterenko (born 1991), Ukrainian discus thrower
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Mykyta Polyulyakh (born 1993), Ukrainian football midfielder
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Mykyta Senyk, Ukrainian Paralympic sprinter
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Mykyta Shevchenko (born 1993), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
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Mykyta Tatarkov (born 1995), Ukrainian football striker
Places
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Nikita, a town in
Crimea
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Ukraine
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Mikita, a village in
Estonia
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See also
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* ''
Mykyta the Fox'', a Ukrainian animated series
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Mykyta the Tanner, an east Slavic folk hero
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Mikita
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Nikita (disambiguation)
Nikita may refer to:
* Nikita (given name), people with the given name, including variants
* Nikita, Crimea, a town in Ukraine
* Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore
Film and television
*''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film
*La Femme N ...
References
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Ukrainian masculine given names
Masculine given names