Chernivtsi

English

Chernivtsi Oblast

Chernivtsi Raion

Alternative forms

• (from Russian) Chernovtsy
• Cernăuţi, Csernovic, Czernowitz, Chernowitz (historical)

Etymology

From Ukrainian Чернівці́ (Černivcí), from the legendary name Чернь (Černʹ). Compare чорний (čornyj, “black”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəniːvˈtsiː/, /t͡ʃəˈniːvtsi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəɹnivˈtsi/, /t͡ʃəɹˈnivtsi/
• Hyphenation: Cher‧niv‧tsi

Proper noun

Chernivtsi

1. A city, administrative centre, and raion of Chernivtsi Oblast in the Bukovyna region, Ukraine, on the Prut river.
2. An oblast in southwestern Ukraine.

Translations

city

• Armenian: Չեռնովցի (Čʻeṙnovcʻi), Չեռնիվցի (Čʻeṙnivcʻi)
• Belarusian: Чарнаўцы́ pl (Čarnawcý)
• Bulgarian: Черновци́ (Černovcí), Чернивци́ (Černivcí)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Чернівцї (Černivcji)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 切爾諾夫策 / 切尔诺夫策 (Qiè'ěrnuòfūcè)

• Czech: Černovice, Černivci
• Danish: Tjernivtsi n
• Dutch: Tsjernivtsi n
• Faroese: Tjernivtsi
• French: Tchernivtsi (fr), Tchernovtsy, Tchernowitz
• Georgian: ჩერნივცი (černivci), ჩერნოვცი (černovci)
• German: Czernowitz (de) n, Tschernowitz n
• Greek: Τσερνιβτσί (el) n (Tsernivtsí)
• Hebrew: צֶ׳רנוֹבִיץ (tshernovits)
• Hindi: चेर्निव्त्सी (cernivtsī)
• Hungarian: Csernyivci (hu), Csernovic (archaic)
• Japanese: チェルニウツィー (Cheruniutsī), チェルノフツィー (Cherunofutsī)
• Korean: 체르니우치 (Chereuniuchi), 체르놉치 (Chereunopchi)
• Marathi: चेरनिव्ची (cernivcī)
• Polish: Czerniowce (pl) pl
• Romanian: Cernăuți
• Russian: Черновцы́ (ru) pl (Černovcý)
• Slovak: Černovice pl
• Turkish: Çernivtsi
• Ukrainian: Чернівці́ (uk) pl (Černivcí)
• Yiddish: טשערנאָוויץ n (tshernovits)

oblast

• Belarusian: Чарнаві́цкая во́бласьць f (Čarnavíckaja vóblasʹcʹ), Чарнаві́цкая во́бласць f (Čarnavíckaja vóblascʹ)
• Czech: Černovická oblast f
• Marathi: चेरनिव्ची (cernivcī)
• Polish: Obwód czerniowiecki m
• Romanian: Regiunea Cernăuți f
• Russian: Чернови́цкая о́бласть (ru) f (Černovíckaja óblastʹ)
• Slovak: Černovická oblasť f
• Ukrainian: Черніве́цька о́бласть f (Černivécʹka óblastʹ)

See also

• (city): Chernivtsi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (raion): Chernivtsi Raion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (oblast): Chernivtsi Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (hromada): Chernivtsi urban hromada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia