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Donetsk en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /dəˈnɛtsk/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu Proto-Iranian *dáHnu Proto-Scythian *dānu Proto-Sarmatian *Δānbor. Proto-Slavic *Donъbor. Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ) Old Ruthenian Донъ (Don) Ukrainian Дон (Don) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ikas Proto-Slavic *-ьcь Ukrainian -ець (-ecʹ) Ukrainian Донець (Donecʹ) Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ Ukrainian -цьк (-cʹk) Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk)bor. English Donetsk Borrowed from Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Донець (Donecʹ) + -цьк (-cʹk). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:city and raion) A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.
2. (qualifier:province) An oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk; former seat: Donetsk (prior to the Donbas War, where Russia occupied and set up puppet countries)
3. A self-declared country in Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.
4. A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.

Forms

Deriveds

Donetsk People's Republic · Donetsk Oblast · DPR · Donetsk City · Donetskian

Relateds

Lugansk · Don River · Donets · Don · Donets River · Luhansk · Donets Basin · Donbas · Crimea · Don Cossacks

Synonyms

Aleksandrovka (Ukrainian city) · Donetsk People's Republic · Stalin (Ukrainian city) · Stalino Oblast (1938-1941; 1943-1961) (Ukrainian province) · Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian province) · Donechchyna (Ukrainian province) · Stalino (1924-1941; 1943-1961) · Yuzovka · Trotsk (1923) (Ukrainian city) · Hughesovka (1869-1923) · Yuzivka (1941-1943) (Ukrainian city) · Gundorovka (Russian town) · DNR · Yuzivka Oblast (1941-1943) (Ukrainian province) · Yuzovo (Ukrainian city) · Donetsk City (Ukrainian city) · DPR

Translations (51)

ja ドネツク (city) · sh Donjeck (city) · he דוֹנֵצְק (city) · uk Доне́цьк (city) · ru Доне́цк (city) · cmn 頓內次克 /顿内次克 (city) · hi डोनेट्स्क (city) · ro Donețk (city) · sv Donetsk (oblast) · cmn 頓內茨克 /顿内茨克 (city) · ko 도네츠크 (city) · kk Донецк облысы (oblast) · fa دونتسک (city) · hy Դոնեցկ (city) · crh Donetsk vilâyeti (oblast) · cs Doněck (city) · ka დონეცკი (city) · ko 도네쯔크 (city) · fi Donetsk (city) · vo Donäzk (city) · da Donetsk (city) · tr Donetsk (city) · ar دُونِيتْسْك (city) · ru Доне́цкая о́бласть (oblast) · de Donezk (city) · es Donetsk (city) · el Ντονέτσκ (city) · be Дане́цк (city) · sv Donetsk (city) · el Ντονιέσκ (city) · ja ドネツィク (city) · sh Доњецк (city) · pl Donieck (city) · ky Донецк облусу (oblast) · pl Obwód doniecki (oblast) · ja ドネチク (city) · crh Donetsk (city) · ar دُونِيتْسْك (city) · lt Doneckas (city) · be Дане́цкая во́бласць (oblast) · nl Donetsk (city) · sk Doneck (city) · mk Донецк (city) · gur Donetski (city) · uk Доне́цька о́бласть (oblast) · pt Donetsk (city) · fr Donetsk (city) · cmn 頓涅茨克 /顿涅茨克 (city) · hu Doneck (city) · bg Доне́цк (city) · sl Doneck (city)

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