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

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

Related terms

Dnieper, Dnipro (river)

Translations

former name of Dnipro

Belarusian: Днепрапятро́ўск m (Dnjeprapjatróŭsk)
French: Dnipropetrovsk (fr) m, Dniepropetrovsk (fr) m
German: Dnipropetrowsk n, Dnepropetrowsk n
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)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Dnipropetrovsk f

Alternative form of Dnepropetrovsk