Dnipropetrovsk

English

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Dnipropetrovsk

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Dnepropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovs'k, Dnipropetrovs'ke

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, “Dnipro River”) + Петро́вський (Petróvsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. The city was renamed in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames but renaming the oblast has not yet occurred because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution. Doublet of Dnepropetrovsk, from Russian Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Dni‧pro‧pe‧trovsk

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk

1. An oblast in southeastern Ukraine.
2. (historical) Former name of Dnipro.

Related terms

• Dnieper, Dnipro (river)

Translations

former name of Dnipro

Belarusian: Днепрапятро́ўск m (Dnjeprapjatróŭsk) Chinese: Mandarin: 第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克 / 第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克 (Dìnièbóluóbǐdéluófūsīkè) Dutch: Dnipropetrovsk n French: Dnipropetrovsk (fr) m, Dniepropetrovsk (fr) m German: Dnipropetrowsk n, Dnepropetrowsk n Greek: Ντνιπροπετρόφσκ (el) f (Ntnipropetrófsk) Italian: Dnipropetrovsk (it) m Polish: Dniepropetrowsk (pl) m Russian: Днепропетро́вск (ru) m (Dnepropetróvsk) Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ (uk) m (Dnipropetróvsʹk)

oblast

Belarusian: Днепрапятро́ўская во́бласць f (Dnjeprapjatróŭskaja vóblascʹ) Chinese: Mandarin: 第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克州 / 第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克州 (Dìnièbóluóbǐdéluófūsīkè zhōu) Polish: Obwód dniepropetrowski m Russian: Днепропетро́вская о́бласть (ru) f (Dnepropetróvskaja óblastʹ), Днепропетро́вщина (ru) f (Dnepropetróvščina) Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть (uk) f (Dnipropetróvsʹka óblastʹ), Дніпропетро́вщина f (Dnipropetróvščyna), Січесла́вщина f (Sičeslávščyna)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Dnjepropetrovsk

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk).

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk n

1. Former name of Dnipro.
2. Dnipropetrovsk, an oblast of Ukraine.

Further reading

• Dnipropetrovsk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Portuguese

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk f

1. Alternative form of Dnepropetrovsk