Chernivtsi

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian Чернівці́ (Černivcí), from the legendary name Чернь (Černʹ). Compare чорний (čornyj, “black”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Cher‧niv‧tsi

Proper noun

Chernivtsi

A city on the Prut river in the Bukovyna region of Ukraine, administrative centre of Chernivtsi province.
Chernivtsi province (oblast), in south-western Ukraine.

Synonyms

Chernovtsy
Cernăuţi, Csernovic, Czernowitz (historical)
(province): Chernivtsi Oblast

Translations

city

Belarusian: Чарнаўцы́ pl (Čarnaŭcý)
Danish: Tjernivtsi
Faroese: Tjernivtsi
German: Czernowitz (de) n, Tschernowitz n
Hebrew: צֶ׳רנוֹבִיץ‎ (tshernovits)
Polish: Czerniowce (pl) pl

Romanian: Cernăuți
Russian: Черновцы́ (ru) pl (Černovcý)
Rusyn: Чернівцї (Černivcji)
Slovak: Černovice pl
Ukrainian: Чернівці́ (uk) pl (Černivcí)
Yiddish: טשערנאָוויץ‎ (tshernovits)

province

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