Mariupol
//mɑː.ɹiˈuː.poʊl// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, of the Black Sea.
"The empreſs defrayed the expences of their tranſport from the Krim, and aſſigned to them a conſiderable tract of country bordering on the Solonoya and the ſea of Azof : the merchants, however, and the trading part of the colony were ſent to the newly-erected towns of Ekatarinoſlaf and Mariupol."
- 2 A raion of Donetsk Oblast, Donbas, in southeastern Ukraine.
Example
More examples"Violent clashes broke out in Mariupol."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian Маріу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Russian Мариу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Greek Μαριούπολη (Marioúpoli), from being named after the Virgin Mary, Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Crimean Greek city of Mariampol, from Μαρία (María) + πόλη (póli).
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