Kherson

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A port city on the Dnieper in Ukraine, administrative centre of Kherson province.
• Kherson province (oblast), in southern Ukraine.

Related

Similar words

• Kherson oblast

Origin

• From Russian Херсо́н, named in memory of the Ancient Greek colony of Χερσόνησος. Compare Russian Херсоне́с ("the city of Chersonesos"), Old East Slavic Корсу́нь ("Chersonesos"), Ukrainian Херсо́н ("Kherson").