Donetsk

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city, administrative centre Donetsk (oblast) in the r:suf, Donbas Ukraine (country), on the Kalmius river.
• oblast in eastern Ukraine (country).
• town Rostov (oblast) Russia (country), on the Donets river.

Related

Similar words

• Stalino
• Trotsk
• Yuzivka, Yuzovka
• Donetsk Oblast
• Stalino Oblast, Voroshilovhrad Oblast
• Gundorovka

Origin

• From Ukrainian Доне́цьк, from Доне́ць, diminutive of Дон, from Proto-Scythian *Dānu ("river"). Compare Russian Доне́цк, Доне́ц, Дон.