What does "chernobyl" mean?

A major nuclear-energy accident.

What is a synonym for "chernobyl"?

Common synonyms include: chernobyl accident, chernobyl disaster, city, town.

Pronounced //tʃɜːˈnɒbəl//.

/tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/ name, noun

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Noun

1
A major nuclear-energy accident. broadly
"Many secret cities were Chernobyls in slow motion."

Proper Noun

1
A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
"A couple of oil shocks, a Chernobyl meltdown, and a Gulf War later, his basic message - the need to emphasize efficiency and renewable resources over oil and nuclear power - is still a minority view,[…]"
2
The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city. broadly
"After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years."

"Twenty-five years after Chernobyl, milk, mushrooms and berries are still contaminated in some parts of Ukraine."

Borrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ).