Dnipropetrovsk

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: en + Dni + pro + pe + trovsk

Alternative forms

• Dnipropetrovs’k
• Dnepropetrovsk

Origin

From , from Дніпро́ ("Dnieper") + Петро́вський, after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. Compare .

Full definition of Dnipropetrovsk

Proper noun

1. A city on the Dnieper in Ukraine, administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk province.
2. Dnipropetrovsk province (oblast), in south-eastern Ukraine.

Synonyms

• Dnepropetrovsk
• Dnipro-Petrovske, Dnipro-Petrovs’ke historical
• Sicheslav historical
• Novorossiysk historical
• Katerynoslav historical
• Yekaterinoslav historical
• (province) Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Related terms

• Dnieper, Dnipro, Dnepr