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Donbabwe

Today it means: Donetsk, in particular the Donetsk People's Republic, a largely unrecognized region of Russia and formerly a separatist state on the territory of Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast. Full definition →

Russian Донба́бве ← Ukrainian Донба́бве

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Ukrainian · borrowed fromДонба́бве
Russian · borrowed fromДонба́бве
English todayDonbabwe

Portmanteau of Donetsk/Donbass + Zimbabwe, meant to suggest underdevelopment, poverty, and endemic corruption. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Донба́бве (Donbábve) or Ukrainian Донба́бве (Donbábve).

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