Dnipropetrovsk
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Etymology edit
From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, “Dnipro River”) + Петро́вський (Petróvsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. The city was renamed in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames but renaming the oblast has not yet occurred because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution. Doublet of Dnepropetrovsk, from Russian Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Dni‧pro‧pe‧trovsk
Proper noun edit
Dnipropetrovsk
- An oblast in southeastern Ukraine.
- (historical) Former name of Dnipro.
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former name of Dnipro
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oblast
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Etymology edit
From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk).
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Dnipropetrovsk n
- Former name of Dnipro.
- Dnipropetrovsk, an oblast of Ukraine.
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- Dnipropetrovsk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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Dnipropetrovsk f
- Alternative form of Dnepropetrovsk