donechchyna
/dɔːˈnɛt͡ʃ.t͡ʃɪnə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A former zemlia of the Ukrainian People's Republic, established on the 6th of March 1918, abolished on the 29th of April 1918. Administrative centre: Sloviansk.
Example Sentences
- "In March 1918 the Centralna Rada (Central Council) had an intention of cancelling Ukraine’s division into Gubernias and introduce 32 zemlyi (lands): Pidliashshia (administrative centre Brest Lytovsky), Volyn (Lutsk), Pohorynnia (Rivne), Bolokhivska Zemlya (Zytomyr), Derevska Zemlya (Iskorosten), Drehovytska Zemlya (Mozyr), Kyiv with outskirts (20–30 miles), Porosie (Bila Tserkva), Pobuzhie (Uman), Cherkashchyna (Cherkasy), Podilie (Kamianets-Podilskyi), Bratslavshchyna (Vinnytsia), Podnistrovie (Mohyliv-Podilskyi), Pomorie (Mykolaiv), Odesa with outskirts, Nyz (Yelysavethrad), Sich (Katerynoslav), Zaporizhia (Berdiansk), Nove Zaporizhia (Kherson), Azovska Zemlya (Mariupol), Sivershchyna (Starodub), Chernihivshchyna (Chernihiv), Pereiaslavshchyna (Pryluky), Posemie (Konotop), Samara (Kremenchuk), Posulie (Romny), Poltavshchyna (Poltava), Slobidshchyna (Sumy), Kharkiv with outskirts, Donechchyna (Sloviansk), Podolie (Ostrohozk), Polovetska Zemlya (Bakhmut)."
- "Semantics and Functions of Impersonal Sentences in Dialects of Donechchyna"
- "The ethno-lingual facts, fixed in the eastern-steppe dialects, are reviewed in the article as indexes of origin of micro-societies in the modern Donechchyna and South-Eastern part of Zaporizjka Oblast."
- "Optimization of placement of trading enterprises in the industrial region (on the example of Donechchyna)"
Etymology
From Ukrainian Доне́ччина (Donéččyna).
Word Breakdown
- Root: Доне́ччина
Synonyms
Donetsk Oblast