Donetsk

//dəˈnɛtsk// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.
  2. 2
    An oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk; former seat: Donetsk (prior to the Donbas War, where Russia occupied and set up puppet countries)
  3. 3
    A self-declared country in Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.
  4. 4
    A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.

Synonyms

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aleksandrovkadnrdonechchynadonetsk citydonetsk oblastdonetsk oblast

Example

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"Donetsk is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river."

Etymology

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “the Donets”), diminutive of Дон (Don, “the Don”), from Proto-Scythian *Dānu (“river”). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

Related phrases

Donetsk CityDonetsk OblastDonetsk People's Republicdon cossacksdon river

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