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Definition of dnipropetrovsk in English English dictionary
- A city on the Dnieper in Ukraine, administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk province
- Dnipropetrovsk province (oblast), in south-eastern Ukraine
- formerly (1783-1926) Ekaterinoslav City (pop., 2001: 3,567,600), south-central Ukraine. Located on the Dnieper River, it was founded in 1783 and named for Catherine the Great; it grew after the railroad arrived in the 1880s. In 1926 the Soviets gave it its current name. A railway junction and a centre of the wheat trade, it has developed into one of the largest industrial cities of Ukraine, with a huge iron and steel industry. It is the site of institutes of higher education, and its cultural amenities include several theatres
- city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
dnipropetrovsk
Synonyms
dnepropetrovsk, dnipro-petrovske, dnipro-petrovs’ke, sicheslav, novorossiysk, katerynoslav, yekaterinoslav, dnipropetrovsk oblastPronunciation
Etymology
() From Ukrainian Дніпропетровськ (Dnipropetróvs’k), from Дніпро (Dnipró, “Dnieper River”) + Петровський (Petróvs’kyj), after Soviet revolutionary Hryhoriy Ivanovych Petrovsky. Compare Russian Днепропетровск (Dnepropetróvsk).Resimler
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