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dnipro

/nɪˈpɹoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
dnipro
IPA
/nɪˈpɹoʊ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A major East European river which flows south through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea.

name

A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, as well as, a raion, an urban hromada of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on the Dnieper.

name

Clipping of Dnipropetrovs'k, an oblast of Ukraine.

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпро́ (Dnipró) and earlier Днѣпръ (Dnipr), from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ, from Proto-Sarmatian *dānu apara (“the far river”) or *dānapr (“the deep river”). The former derivation would pair it with the Dnister (“Near River”), while the latter would refer to its lack of fords. Doublet of Dnieper and Danasper. As a city, originally a clipping of Dnipropetrovsk, formally adopted as the town's name in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames. Its oblast has not yet followed suit because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Дніпро́, Дънѣпръ, *Dъněprъ

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /nɪˈpɹoʊ/
  • British English: /d(ə)niːˈprəʊ/

Derived Forms

Dniprenko Dniprianka Dnipriany Dniprianyn Dniprodzerzhyns'k Dnipropetrovs'ke Dnipropetrovs'k Dniprorudne Dniprovenko Dniprovka Prydniprovs'k

Frequently Paired Words

Dniester Podniprovya

Synonyms

Borysthenes Slavutych Slavutich Danasper Danapris Dnieper Dnipropetrovs'k Dnepropetrovsk Sicheslav Novorossiysk Katerynoslav Yekaterinoslav

Questions

How do you pronounce dnipro?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɪˈpɹoʊ/.
What does dnipro mean?
A major East European river which flows south through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea.
Where does dnipro come from?
From Ukrainian Дніпро́ (Dnipró) and earlier Днѣпръ (Dnipr), from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ, from Proto-Sarmatian *dānu apara (“the far river”) or *dānapr (“the deep river”). The former derivation would pair it with the Dnister (“Near River”), while the latter would refer to its lack of fords. Doublet of Dnieper and Danasper. As a city, originally a clipping of Dnipropetrovsk, formally adopted as the town's name in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames. Its oblast has not yet followed suit because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution.

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