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pripyat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
pripy-at
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Eastern Europe, flowing east through Ukraine and Belarus, draining into the Dnieper.

name

An abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian При́пять (Prípjatʹ) or Ukrainian При́п'ять (Prýpʺjatʹ).

Inflected Forms

Pripet (alternative) Prypiat (alternative)

Questions

What does pripyat mean?
A river in Eastern Europe, flowing east through Ukraine and Belarus, draining into the Dnieper.
Where does pripyat come from?
Transliteration of Russian При́пять (Prípjatʹ) or Ukrainian При́п'ять (Prýpʺjatʹ).

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