Chernobyl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.

noun

/tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/ /tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chernobyl.wav /t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/

Chernobyl Chornobyl Chernobyls

Borrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ).

Bhopal Fukushima Hiroshima

Chernobyl syndrome Chernobylian Chernobylic chernobylite

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