how to pronounce вов

/vof/

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вов is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of вов in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… одного из этих вов брат родной ведь и у …”

meanings of вов

noun:

Acronym of Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná): the Great Patriotic War.

вов frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word вов occurs in russian on average 7.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.