Chernobyl

Meanings

Proper Noun

• An abandoned city in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear accident.
• The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.

Noun

• A major nuclear-energy accident.

Origin

• From Russian Черно́быль, from черно́быль. Compare Ukrainian Чорно́биль, from чорно́биль, from чо́рне + билля́.