My·ko·la·yiv 
(mĭk′ə-läyĭv, -yē) or Ni·ko·la·yev (nĭk′ə-läyəf, nyĭ′kə-)
(mĭk′ə-läyĭv, -yē) or Ni·ko·la·yev (nĭk′ə-läyəf, nyĭ′kə-) A city of southern Ukraine at the mouth of the Southern Bug River northeast of Odessa. Founded c. 1784 as a fortress, it became a shipbuilding center in the 1780s.