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 терикон on Ukrainian Wikipedia
 
Терикон у Горлівському районі

Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin terra (land) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, cone). Melnychuk claims a borrowing from French terriconique.[1] Compare Russian террико́н (terrikón), Belarusian тэрыко́н (terykón).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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терико́н (terykónm inan (genitive терико́ну, nominative plural терико́ни, genitive plural терико́нів)

  1. slag heap, spoil heap, spoil tip (heap formed of material discarded during mining or excavation)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “терикон”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 552

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