mariupol
/mæɹ.iˈuː.pɒl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, of the Black Sea.
Example Sentences
- "The empreſs defrayed the expences of their tranſport from the Krim, and aſſigned to them a conſiderable tract of country bordering on the Solonoya and the ſea of Azof : the merchants, however, and the trading part of the colony were ſent to the newly-erected towns of Ekatarinoſlaf and Mariupol."
- "The importance of their capture was obstructed, however, by the greater stakes of Rostov and Kharkov. The fall of either would be a major German catastrophe. An even graver danger threatened the Germans as troops seventy miles north of Mariupol, 100 miles west of Rostov on the Sea of Azov, drove south toward the tide water, threatening to envelop 500,000 German troops in Rostov and the Donets."
- "No incidents during passage across the Sea of Azov. At 1800 the formation continued passage to Mariupol as scheduled."
- "In Mariupolʹ social forces were emboldened by success in their first battle—a campaign to undo the naming of the city for one of Stalin’s associates, Andrei Zhdanov."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian Маріу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Russian Мариу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Greek Μαριούπολη (Marioúpoli), from being named after the Virgin Mary, Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Crimean Greek city of Mariampol, from Μαρία (María) + πόλη (póli).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Маріу́поль, Мариу́поль, Μαριούπολη
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /mæɹ.iˈuː.pɒl/
Phrases
Mariupol Greek
Mariupol raion