Voronezh
/vəˈɹɒnɪʒ/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An oblast of Russia.
- 2 A city, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
"Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true."
- 3 A left tributary of the Don in Tambov, Lipetsk and Voronezh Oblasts, Russia.
Example
More examples"Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true."
Etymology
From Russian Воро́неж (Vorónež).