Kherson en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- ᴋʜĕr- (General-American)
- /xɜːɹˈsɔn/ (General-American)
- kĕr-sôn′ (General-American)
- /kɜːɹˈsɑn/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /kɜːɹˈsɔn/ (General-American)
- /ˈkɜːsɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kɜːˈsɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /xɜːɹˈsɑn/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
From Ukrainian Херсо́н (Xersón), named in memory of the Ancient Greek colony of Χερσόνησος (Khersónēsos). Compare Russian Херсоне́с (Xersonɛ́s, “the city of Chersonesos”), Old East Slavic Корсу́нь (Korsúnĭ, “Chersonesos”), Russian Херсо́н (Xersón, “Kherson”).
Meanings
- A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro. ▸ A raion of Kherson, Ukraine. Seat: Kherson. It is also illicitly claimed by Russia.
- A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro. ▸ An oblast in southern Ukraine. Seat: Kherson.
- A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro. ▸ An urban hromada of Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.
- (historical) A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro. ▸ A former governorate of the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State, established in 1803, abolished in 1920.
Deriveds
Meronyms
Kalanchak (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Bohdanivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Vysokopillia (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Antonivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Nyzhni Sirohozy (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Petrivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Darivka (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Yuvileine (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Oleshky (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Bilozerka (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Henichesk (constituent raions of oblast) · Blahovishchenske (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Skadovsk (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Sadove (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Komyshany (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Chornobaivka (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Hola Prystan (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Velyka Lepetykha (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Novotroitske (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Prydniprovske (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Pryozerneqq:rural settlement> (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Inzhenerne (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Ivanivka (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Muzykivka (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Zelenivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Stanislav (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Soniachne (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Velyki Kopani (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Molodizhne (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Kakhovka (constituent raions of oblast) · Oleshky (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Kakhova (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Naddniprianske (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Vynohradove (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Velyka Oleksandrivka (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Novovorontsovka (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Zymivnyk (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Beryslav (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Henichesk (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Chaplynka (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Beryslav (constituent raions of oblast) · Bilozerka (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Verkhniy Rohachyk (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020)) · Skadovsk (constituent raions of oblast) · Stepanivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Hornostaivka (constituent raions of oblast (until 2020))
Translations (51)
lt Chersonas (city in Ukraine) · ar خِيرْسُون (city in Ukraine) · fa خرسون (city in Ukraine) · sl Herson (city in Ukraine) · cs Cherson (city in Ukraine) · lv Hersona (city in Ukraine) · sk Cherson (city in Ukraine) · vo Qärson (city in Ukraine) · eo Ĥersono (city in Ukraine) · pt Quérson (city in Ukraine) · la Chersona (city in Ukraine) · be Хэрсо́н (city in Ukraine) · nog Узы-Керман (city in Ukraine) · eo ĥersona provinco (oblast in Ukraine) · sv Cherson (city in Ukraine) · uk Херсо́н (city in Ukraine) · fr Kherson (city in Ukraine) · crh Herson (city in Ukraine) · pl Chersoń (city in Ukraine) · be Херсо́н (city in Ukraine) · ba Ҡырһуң (city in Ukraine) · et Herson (city in Ukraine) · el Χερσώνα (city in Ukraine) · ru Херсо́н (city in Ukraine) · cmn 赫爾松 /赫尔松 (city in Ukraine) · ka ხერსონი (city in Ukraine) · nl Cherson (city in Ukraine) · da Kherson (city in Ukraine) · cmn 赫爾松州 /赫尔松州 (oblast in Ukraine) · pt Kherson (city in Ukraine) · hy Խերսոն (city in Ukraine) · hu Herszon (city in Ukraine) · uk Херсо́нщина (oblast in Ukraine) · sv Cherson (oblast in Ukraine) · eo ĥersona oblasto (oblast in Ukraine) · ru Херсо́нская о́бласть (oblast in Ukraine) · he חרסון (city in Ukraine) · uk Херсо́нська о́бласть (oblast in Ukraine) · bn খেরসন (city in Ukraine) · es Jersón (city in Ukraine) · mr खेरसोन (oblast in Ukraine) · ja ヘルソン (city in Ukraine) · pl Obwód chersoński (oblast in Ukraine) · bg Херсо́н (city in Ukraine) · de Cherson (city in Ukraine) · be Херсо́нская во́бласць (oblast in Ukraine) · hi ख़ेरसॉन (city in Ukraine) · mr खेरसोन (city in Ukraine) · ba Кәрһүн (city in Ukraine) · ko 헤르손 (city in Ukraine) · tr Herson (city in Ukraine)