Donetsk
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- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.
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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).
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