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Kherson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro.
  2. A raion of Kherson, Ukraine. Seat: Kherson. It is also illicitly claimed by Russia.
  3. An oblast in southern Ukraine. Seat: Kherson.
  4. An urban hromada of Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.
  5. A former governorate of the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State, established in 1803, abolished in 1920.

Pronunciation

/kɜː(ɹ)ˈsɔːn/ /xɜː(ɹ)ˈsɔːn/ /hɜː(ɹ)ˈsɔːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kherson.wav

Word forms

Kherson

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”).

Derived words

Khersonian Khersonite

Translations

Arabic: خِيرْسُون Armenian: Խերսոն Bashkir: Кәрһүн Bashkir: Ҡырһуң Belarusian: Херсо́н Belarusian: Хэрсо́н Belarusian: Херсо́нская во́бласць Bengali: খেরসন Bulgarian: Херсо́н Chinese Mandarin: 赫爾松 /赫尔松 Chinese Mandarin: 赫爾松州 /赫尔松州 Crimean Tatar: Herson Czech: Cherson Danish: Kherson Dutch: Cherson Esperanto: Ĥersono Esperanto: ĥersona provinco Esperanto: ĥersona oblasto Estonian: Herson French: Kherson Georgian: ხერსონი German: Cherson Greek: Χερσώνα Hebrew: חרסון Hindi: ख़ेरसॉन Hungarian: Herszon Japanese: ヘルソン Korean: 헤르손 Latin: Chersona Latvian: Hersona Lithuanian: Chersonas Marathi: खेरसोन Nogai: Узы-Керман Persian: خرسون Polish: Chersoń Polish: Obwód chersoński Portuguese: Kherson Portuguese: Quérson Russian: Херсо́н Russian: Херсо́нская о́бласть Slovak: Cherson Slovene: Herson Spanish: Jersón Turkish: Herson Ukrainian: Херсо́н Ukrainian: Херсо́нщина Ukrainian: Херсо́нська о́бласть Volapük: Qärson
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