Etymology

Donets

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Today it means: One of several rivers in Eastern Europe, including but not limited to Full definition →

Russian Доне́ц ← Ukrainian Доне́ць
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromДоне́ць
  2. Russian · borrowed fromДоне́ц
  3. English todayDonets

Borrowed from Russian Доне́ц (Donéc) and Ukrainian Доне́ць (Donécʹ).

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