Dnipropetrovsk

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, Dnieper River) + Петро́вський (Petróvs’kyj), after Soviet revolutionary Hryhoriy Ivanovych Petrovsky (Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky). Compare Russian Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Dni‧pro‧pe‧trovsk

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk

  1. A city on the Dnieper in Ukraine, administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk province.
  2. Dnipropetrovsk province (oblast), in south-eastern Ukraine.

Synonyms

  • Dnepropetrovsk
  • Dnipro-Petrovske, Dnipro-Petrovs’ke (historical)
  • Sicheslav (historical)
  • Novorossiysk (historical)
  • Katerynoslav (historical)
  • Yekaterinoslav (historical)
  • (province): Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Translations


Portuguese

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk f

  1. Alternative form of Dnepropetrovsk
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