Etymology

Balakliia

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Today it means: A former name, until 2004, of Balakleia (a village, the administrative centre of Balakleia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine). Full definition →

Ukrainian Балаклі́я
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromБалаклі́я
  2. English todayBalakliia

From Ukrainian Балаклі́я (Balaklíja).

First known use, by meaning

  • 1817–1891 A city, the administrative centre of Balakliia urban hromada, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1663, perhaps on the site of an earlier Tatar settlement.
  • 1817–1891 A former raion of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923, disestablished in July 2020.
  • 1817–1891 An urban hromada of Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.

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