Межигір'я

Can be analysed as між (miž, “between”) +‎ гі́р'я (hírʺja, “the hills, the mountains (rare)”).

According to one account, the place was given this name in 1154 by Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal, when he moved an existing Orthodox monastery there. He named it after the hills along the Dnieper River.

Later used as the name of an estate used as a state government residence from the Soviet period of Ukraine until the end of Yanukovych's presidency.

• IPA^(key): [meʒeˈɦʲirjɐ]

Межигі́р'я • (Mežyhírʺja) n inan (genitive Межигі́р'я, uncountable, relational adjective межигі́рський)

1. A former women's monastery located in Vyshhorod, to the north of Kyiv.
2. Mezhyhirya Residence, a former state government residence building currently used as a museum.

• Мегажи́р'я (Mehažýrʺja, “Mega-Fat”) (derogatory)