Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dnipropetrovsk

/ˈnɪproʊpɪˈtrɒvsk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: Dni-pro-pe-trovsk
IPA: /ˈnɪproʊpɪˈtrɒvsk/

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An oblast in southeastern Ukraine, established in February 1932.

name

Former name of Dnipro.

Etymology

From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, “Dnipro River”) + Петро́вський (Petróvsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. The city was renamed in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames but renaming the oblast has not yet occurred because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution. Doublet of Dnepropetrovsk, from Russian Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk).

Word Breakdown

Root: Дніпропетро́вськ

Inflected Forms

Dnepropetrovsk (alternative) Dnipropetrovs'k (alternative) Dnipropetrovs'ke (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Dnieper Dnipro

Questions

How do you pronounce dnipropetrovsk?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪproʊpɪˈtrɒvsk/.
What does dnipropetrovsk mean?: An oblast in southeastern Ukraine, established in February 1932.
Where does dnipropetrovsk come from?: From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, “Dnipro River”) + Петро́вський (Petróvsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. The city was renamed in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames but renaming the oblast has not yet occurred because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution. Doublet of Dnepropetrovsk, from Russian Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk).

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