Екатеринослав

Russian

Etymology

From Екатери́на (Jekaterína, Catherine (the Great)) + -о- (-o-) + -слав (-slav), combining form of сла́вить (slávitʹ, to glorify).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪkətʲɪrʲɪnɐsˈɫaf]

Proper noun

Екатериносла́в (Jekaterinosláv) m inan (genitive Екатериносла́ва)

  1. Yekaterinoslav (a former name of Dnipropetrovsk (a transliteration from Ukrainian), Dnepropetrovsk (a transliteration from Russian), Ukraine's fourth-largest city, now shortened and renamed Dnipro (from Ukrainian), Dnepr (from Russian))

Declension

  • екатериносла́вец (jekaterinoslávec)
  • екатериносла́вский (jekaterinoslávskij)

See also

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