Dnipropetrovsk

English

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Alternative forms

• Dnepropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovs’k

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, “Dnipro River”) + Петро́вський (Petróvsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. The city was renamed in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames but renaming the oblast has not yet occurred because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution. Doublet of Dnepropetrovsk, from Russian Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Dni‧pro‧pe‧trovsk

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk

1. An oblast in southeastern Ukraine.
2. (historical) Former name of Dnipro.

Related terms

• Dnieper, Dnipro (river)

Translations

former name of Dnipro

• Belarusian: Днепрапятро́ўск m (Dnjeprapjatróŭsk)
• Dutch: Dnipropetrovsk n
• French: Dnipropetrovsk (fr) m, Dniepropetrovsk (fr) m
• German: Dnipropetrowsk n, Dnepropetrowsk n
• Greek: Ντνιπροπετρόφσκ (el) f (Ntnipropetrófsk)
• Italian: Dnipropetrovsk (it) m
• Polish: Dniepropetrowsk (pl) m
• Russian: Днепропетро́вск (ru) m (Dnepropetróvsk)
• Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ (uk) m (Dnipropetróvsʹk)

oblast

• Belarusian: Днепрапятро́ўская во́бласць f (Dnjeprapjatróŭskaja vóblascʹ)
• Polish: Obwód dniepropetrowski m
• Russian: Днепропетро́вская о́бласть (ru) f (Dnepropetróvskaja óblastʹ)
• Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть (uk) f (Dnipropetróvsʹka óblastʹ)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Dnjepropetrovsk

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk).

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk n

1. Former name of Dnipro.
2. Dnipropetrovsk, an oblast of Ukraine.

Further reading

• Dnipropetrovsk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Portuguese

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk f

1. Alternative form of Dnepropetrovsk