Etymology

Antonivka

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Today it means: A former village in Buky silrada, Buky Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, first mentioned in 1781, annexed to the raion’s administrative centre, Buky, in July 1958. Full definition →

Ukrainian Анто́нівка
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromАнто́нівка
  2. English todayAntonivka

From Ukrainian Анто́нівка (Antónivka). Compare Antonaŭka, Antoneuca, Antoniówka, Antonovca, Antonovka, and Antonówka.

First known use, by meaning

  • until 1956 A village in Prostorne silrada, Jankoy Raion, the Crimea, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1915.
  • 18th cent. A rural settlement in Kherson urban hromada, Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1786.
  • 18th cent. A former selrada of Dnipro urban district, Kherson miskrada, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1963, merged into Kherson urban hromada in June 2020.

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