English Explanatory Dictionary

Podniprovya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Lands in Belarus and Ukraine within the Dnieper river basin.
  2. Extended Dnieper Valley (partly between Dnieper Lowland and Dnieper Upland)

Word forms

Podniprovya Podniprov'ya Padnyprouye

Etymology

Ukrainian Подніпров'я (Podniprovʺja): Ukrainian по- (po-, “circum-”) + Ukrainian Дніпро (Dnipro, “Dnieper”) + Ukrainian -о́в (-óv, “-ian”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “lands along river Dnieper's people”

Synonyms

Prydniprovya

Derived words

Podniprovyan
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