Dnipro
//nɪˈpɹoʊ// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A major East European river which flows south through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea.
- 2 A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, as well as, a raion, an urban hromada of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on the Dnieper.
- 3 Clipping of Dnipropetrovs'k, an oblast of Ukraine. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Etymology
From Ukrainian Дніпро́ (Dnipró) and earlier Днѣпръ (Dnipr), from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ, from Proto-Sarmatian *dānu apara (“the far river”) or *dānapr (“the deep river”). The former derivation would pair it with the Dnister (“Near River”), while the latter would refer to its lack of fords. Doublet of Dnieper and Danasper. As a city, originally a clipping of Dnipropetrovsk, formally adopted as the town's name in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames. Its oblast has not yet followed suit because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution.
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