Luhansk People's Republic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, on 27 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022.

Word forms

Luhansk People's Republic the Luhansk People's Republic Lugansk People's Republic

Etymology

Calque of Russian Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and/or Ukrainian Луганська народна республіка (Luhansʹka narodna respublika).

Synonyms

LPR

Related words

Derived words

LPR
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