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Etymology

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From Ukrainian Балаклі́я (Balaklíja).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: bələkliʹyə, bələklēʹə, IPA(key): /bələˈklijə/, /bələˈkliːə/

Proper noun

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Balakliia

  1. A former name, until 2004, of Balakleia (a village, the administrative centre of Balakleia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, the Ukraine).
  2. A city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada of the same name of Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in 1663, perhaps on the site of an earlier Tatar settlement.
    Synonym: (former name [1817–1891]) Novo-Serpukhiv
    • 2024 September 6th, Torsten Heinrich M.A. (channel name: “Military & History”), Russia’s Problem: Too few Soldiers!, via YouTube, 12:47–13:02:
      According to opposition media, parts of the government wanted to call for further mobilization after the start of the Ukrainian Kursk offensive. This also happened after the military catastrophe of the Ukrainian Balakliia offensive.
    1. A former raion of Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukraine, established in 1923, disestablished in July 2020.
    2. An urban hromada of Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukraine, established in June 2020.
  3. A village in Bilotserkivka rural hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in the late-sixteenth to early-seventeenth centuries.

Meronyms

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(constituent hromady of the former raion): Balakliia (urban hromada); Donets, Savyntsi (settlement hromady)

constituent settlements of the urban hromada
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