Donechchyna
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A former zemlia of the Ukrainian People's Republic, established on the 6th of March 1918, abolished on the 29th of April 1918. Administrative centre: Sloviansk. rare
"In March 1918 the Centralna Rada (Central Council) had an intention of cancelling Ukraine’s division into Gubernias and introduce 32 zemlyi (lands): Pidliashshia (administrative centre Brest Lytovsky), Volyn (Lutsk), Pohorynnia (Rivne), Bolokhivska Zemlya (Zytomyr), Derevska Zemlya (Iskorosten), Drehovytska Zemlya (Mozyr), Kyiv with outskirts (20–30 miles), Porosie (Bila Tserkva), Pobuzhie (Uman), Cherkashchyna (Cherkasy), Podilie (Kamianets-Podilskyi), Bratslavshchyna (Vinnytsia), Podnistrovie (Mohyliv-Podilskyi), Pomorie (Mykolaiv), Odesa with outskirts, Nyz (Yelysavethrad), Sich (Katerynoslav), Zaporizhia (Berdiansk), Nove Zaporizhia (Kherson), Azovska Zemlya (Mariupol), Sivershchyna (Starodub), Chernihivshchyna (Chernihiv), Pereiaslavshchyna (Pryluky), Posemie (Konotop), Samara (Kremenchuk), Posulie (Romny), Poltavshchyna (Poltava), Slobidshchyna (Sumy), Kharkiv with outskirts, Donechchyna (Sloviansk), Podolie (Ostrohozk), Polovetska Zemlya (Bakhmut)."
- 2 Synonym of Donetsk Oblast rare
"Semantics and Functions of Impersonal Sentences in Dialects of Donechchyna"
Synonyms
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More examples"In March 1918 the Centralna Rada (Central Council) had an intention of cancelling Ukraine’s division into Gubernias and introduce 32 zemlyi (lands): Pidliashshia (administrative centre Brest Lytovsky), Volyn (Lutsk), Pohorynnia (Rivne), Bolokhivska Zemlya (Zytomyr), Derevska Zemlya (Iskorosten), Drehovytska Zemlya (Mozyr), Kyiv with outskirts (20–30 miles), Porosie (Bila Tserkva), Pobuzhie (Uman), Cherkashchyna (Cherkasy), Podilie (Kamianets-Podilskyi), Bratslavshchyna (Vinnytsia), Podnistrovie (Mohyliv-Podilskyi), Pomorie (Mykolaiv), Odesa with outskirts, Nyz (Yelysavethrad), Sich (Katerynoslav), Zaporizhia (Berdiansk), Nove Zaporizhia (Kherson), Azovska Zemlya (Mariupol), Sivershchyna (Starodub), Chernihivshchyna (Chernihiv), Pereiaslavshchyna (Pryluky), Posemie (Konotop), Samara (Kremenchuk), Posulie (Romny), Poltavshchyna (Poltava), Slobidshchyna (Sumy), Kharkiv with outskirts, Donechchyna (Sloviansk), Podolie (Ostrohozk), Polovetska Zemlya (Bakhmut)."
Etymology
From Ukrainian Доне́ччина (Donéččyna).
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