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Dniprodzerzhynsk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Kamianske.

Word forms

Dniprodzerzhynsk

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпродзержи́нськ (Dniprodzeržýnsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, “Dnipro River”) + Дзержи́нський (Dzeržýnsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky. The city was renamed in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames. Doublet of Dneprodzerzhinsk, from Russian Дне́продзержи́нск (Dnéprodzeržínsk).

Related words

Dnieper Dnipro Kamianske
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