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donetsk

/dəˈnɛtsk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
Do-netsk
IPA
/dəˈnɛtsk/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.

name

An oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk; former seat: Donetsk (prior to the Donbas War, where Russia occupied and set up puppet countries)

name

A self-declared country in Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.

name

A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.

Etymology

Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

Inflected Forms

Donets'k (alternative) Doneck (alternative) Donec'k (alternative)

Derived Forms

Donetskian DPR

Phrases

Donetsk City Donetsk Oblast Donetsk People's Republic Don Cossacks Donets Basin Donets River Don River

Frequently Paired Words

Don Donbas Don Cossacks Donets Donets Basin Donets River Don River Crimea

Synonyms

Donetsk City Aleksandrovka Yuzovo Yuzovka Hughesovka (1869-1923) Trotsk (1923) Stalin Stalino (1924-1941; 1943-1961) Yuzivka (1941-1943) Donetsk Oblast Donechchyna Stalino Oblast (1938-1941; 1943-1961)

Questions

How do you pronounce donetsk?
The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈnɛtsk/.
What does donetsk mean?
A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.
Where does donetsk come from?
Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

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