Khmelnytskyi

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Alternative forms

• Khmelnytsky, Khmel’nyts’ky, Khmelnytskyy, Khmel’nyts’kyy
• Khmelnitskiy, Khmel’nitskiy, Khmelnitsky, Khmel’nitsky
• Chmelnitzki, Chmielnicki, Chmielnitsky, Chmielnitzky

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(ə)mɛlˈnɪtski/, /x(ə)mɛlˈnɪtski/
• Hyphenation: Khmel‧nyts‧kyi

Etymology 1

From Ukrainian Хмельни́цький (Xmelʹnýcʹkyj), after the Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Derived from хміль (xmilʹ, “hops, humulus”).

Proper noun

Khmelnytskyi

1. A city, raion, and oblast of Ukraine.
2. Khmelnytskyi raion in Khmelnytskyi oblast
3. Khmelnytskyi oblast, in south-eastern Ukraine.
4. Bohdan Khmelnytsky (c. 1595–1657), a Ukrainian Cossack hetman who led an uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and signed the Treaty of Pereyaslav with Czar Alexis I of Russia.

Synonyms

• (city): Proskuriv, Proskurov (historical)

Etymology 2

A transliteration of Ukrainian Хмельницький (Xmelʹnycʹkyj)

Proper noun

• Khmelnytskyi (plural Khmelnytskyis)

1. A surname from Ukrainian

Translations

city, surname

Belarusian: Хмяльні́цкі m (Xmjalʹnícki) Chinese: Mandarin: 赫梅利尼茨基 (Hèméilìnícíjī) Dutch: Chmelnytsky n Esperanto: Ĥmelnickijo French: Khmelnytskyï (fr) German: Chmelnyzkyj Greek: Χμελνίτσκι (el) n (Chmelnítski) Hungarian: Hmelnickij (hu) Japanese: フメリニツキー Korean: 흐멜니츠키 (Heumellicheuki) Marathi: ख्मेलनीचकीय (khmelnīckīy) Polish: Chmielnicki m Russian: Хмельни́цкий (ru) m (Xmelʹníckij) Slovak: Chmeľnyckyj m Ukrainian: Хмельни́цький (uk) m (Xmelʹnýcʹkyj)

oblast

Belarusian: Хмяльні́цкая во́бласць f (Xmjalʹníckaja vóblascʹ) German: Oblast Chmelnyzkyj f Marathi: ख्मेलनीचकीय (khmelnīckīy) Polish: Obwód chmielnicki m Russian: Хмельни́цкая о́бласть (ru) f (Xmelʹníckaja óblastʹ) Ukrainian: Хмельни́цька о́бласть (uk) f (Xmelʹnýcʹka óblastʹ)