English Explanatory Dictionary

Donets

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of several rivers in Eastern Europe, including but not limited to
  2. One of several rivers in Eastern Europe, including but not limited to:
  3. Seversky Donets River, which flows through Russia and Ukraine into the Don River.
  4. A governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, named for the River Donets, established in February 1919 and abolished in February 1925.

Pronunciation

/dɒnˈɛts/

Word forms

Donets Donetz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Доне́ц (Donéc) and Ukrainian Доне́ць (Donécʹ).

Related words

Don Donbas Donetsk Don River

Derived words

Donets Basin Donets River

Translations

Belarusian: Дане́ц Bulgarian: Донец Czech: Doněc Czech: Donec French: Donetz Hindi: दोनेत्स Hungarian: Donyec Kalmyk: Бузг тең Lithuanian: Donecas Macedonian: Доњец Polish: Doniec Romanian: Doneţ Russian: Доне́ц Serbo-Croatian: Доњец Serbo-Croatian: Donjec Slovak: Donec Ukrainian: Доне́ць
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