Kirovohrad

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Kropyvnytskyi: a city and raion of Kirovohrad Oblast, in central Ukraine.
  2. 2
    An oblast in central Ukraine. Administrative center: Kropyvnytskyi.

Etymology

From Ukrainian Кіровогра́д (Kirovohrád), after Bolshevik leader Sergey Kirov + град (hrad, “walled city”). Compare Russian Кировогра́д (Kirovográd).

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