Hostomel

English

The flag of Hostomel

Alternative forms

• Gostomel (Russian spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Госто́мель (Hostómelʹ).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŏstôʹmĕl, IPA^(key): /hɒsˈtɔːmɛl/

Proper noun

Hostomel

1. A rural settlement, the administrative centre of the settlement hromada of the same name of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1494, designated a hero city on the 6th of March 2022.
   • 2024 September 15th, “Perun” (channel name), “The Paradrop Problem”, in Disappointing Systems in Ukraine – From imprecise precision munitions to explosive IFVs, via YouTube, 31:11–31:25:

     The heliborne VDV forces landing at Hostomel in February 2022 suffered extensively, but I feel pretty confident projecting that casualties would have been much, much higher if they’d flown a bunch of Ilyushin-76ers towards Kyiv instead.

   1. A settlement hromada of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established on the 12th of June 2020.

Meronyms

(constituent settlements and administrative organs of the settlement hromada): Hostomel (rural settlement, selrada); Horenka, Moshchun, Ozera (villages, starosta okruhy)

Translations

rural settlement in Hostomel, Bucha, Kyiv, Ukraine

• Belarusian: Гасто́мель m (Hastómjelʹ), Гасто́мэль m (Hastómelʹ)
• Czech: Hostomel m inan
• French: Hostomel (fr) m
• German: Hostomel n
• Hungarian: Hosztomel
• Lithuanian: Hostomelis
• Marathi: होस्टोमेल (Hosṭomel)
• Polish: Hostomel m inan
• Russian: Госто́мель (ru) m inan (Gostómelʹ)
• Ukrainian: Госто́мель (uk) m inan (Hostómelʹ)

settlement hromada in Bucha, Kyiv, Ukraine

• Ukrainian: Госто́мельська се́лищна грома́да f inan (Hostómelʹsʹka sélyščna hromáda)

Further reading

• Hostomel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hostomel settlement hromada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Battle of Hostomel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia