Dnepropetrovsk
[ nep-roh-pi-trawfsk; Russian dnyi-pruh-pyi-trawfsk ]
/ ˌnɛp roʊ pɪˈtrɔfsk; Russian dnyɪ prə pyɪˈtrɔfsk /
noun
a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
Formerly
Ekaterinoslav,
Yekaterinoslav.
Example sentences from the Web for dnepropetrovsk
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His course changed at Dnepropetrovsk, from northeast to northwest, for the next two hundred fifty miles.
The Foreign Hand Tie |Gordon Randall GarrettThe two hundred and sixty miles from there to the Dnepropetrovsk was a little more difficult, but not terribly so.
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British Dictionary definitions for dnepropetrovsk
Dnepropetrovsk
/ (Russian dnɪprəpɪˈtrɔfsk) /
noun
a city in E central Ukraine on the Dnieper River: a major centre of the metallurgical industry. Pop: 1 036 000 (2005 est)
Former name (1787–1796, 1802–1926): Yekaterinoslav