Red Forest

See also: red forest

English

Etymology

red+forest. Calque of Slavic (Russian Ры́жий лес (Rýžij les) and Ukrainian Руди́й ліс (Rudýj lis)). From the reddish colouration of the forest leaves and trees in the contamination zone.

Proper noun

Red Forest

1. A forest, a red forest in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Polesia, Ukraine; a highly radioactive and highly contaminated pine forest caused by fallout from the Chornobyl-Vladimir Lenin nuclear power plant meltdown disaster accident.

Translations

a highly radioactive and highly contaminated forest, a red forest in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Polesia, Ukraine

• Belarusian: Руды́ лес m (Rudý ljes)
• Bulgarian: Черве́на гора́ f (Červéna gorá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅色森林／红色森林 (Hóngsè Sēnlín)

• French: Forêt rousse f
• German: Roter Wald m
• Japanese: 赤い森 (あかいもり, Akai mori)
• Korean: 붉은 숲 (Bulgeun sup)
• Russian: Ры́жий лес m (Rýžij les)
• Ukrainian: Руди́й ліс m (Rudýj lis)