Re: Need Help Please!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Loria
I recently purchased an old Russian military hat from an antique store and I need help figuring out what the hat reads
Here's what's on the front of the Russian military hat
BBMY NM. HAXNMOBA
Please help me I would greatly appreciate it
Thank you,
Loria
Apparently, ВВМУ им. Нахимова - Nakhimov Naval School.
Re: Need Help Please!!!!!
"ВВМУ" is an acronym: "Высшее военно-морское училище" -- Higher naval school (maybe, better academy in this case).
"им." is abbreviation: "имени" -- a form of the word "имя" (name). It dos not translalte in this case because the next word is a name "Nakhimov".
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Apparently, ВВМУ им. Нахимова - Nakhimov Naval School.
I think no. Nakhimov Naval School (St. Petersburg) is "a form of military education for teenagers". But "ВВМУ" means Higher naval school. So, I think it's ЧВВМУ им. П. С. Нахимова (Sevastopol, Ukraine) (http://shvvmunahimova.narod.ru).
Re: Need Help Please!!!!!
so the hat reads BBMY= Higher naval school"
NM= name
HAXNMOBA= Nakhimov Naval school
and the school is in Sevastopol, Ukraine ?
Did I get it right?
Re: Need Help Please!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Loria
so the hat reads BBMY= Higher naval school"
NM= name
HAXNMOBA= Nakhimov Naval school
and the school is in Sevastopol, Ukraine ?
Did I get it right?
ИM. (not NM) = name
НАХИМОВА (not HAXNMOBA) = of Nakhimov
So the full translation is "Nakhimov Higher Naval School".
By the way, this thread has nothing to do with "Pronunciation and Accent" forum.
Re: Need Help Please!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Loria
NM = name
It’s the funny coincidence. But in Russian the letter “И” sounds like “i” in the English word “nick” or like “e” in the English word “me”. It’s not English “N”.
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Originally Posted by Loria
and the school is in Sevastopol, Ukraine ?
Did I get it right?
Yes, you did. In Sevastopol, Ukraine (ex. USSR). It was 70 yaers old in 2007 (http://shvvmunahimova.narod.ru/70let/70-oll.html).