Etymology

Hryhorivka

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Today it means: A village in Bobrytsia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1552. Full definition →

Ukrainian Григорівка
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromГригорівка
  2. English todayHryhorivka

From Ukrainian Григорівка (Hryhorivka), variously stressed on the penult, antepenult, or preantepenult. Compare Grigorăuca, Grigorievca, Grigorovka, Grigoryevka, Grzegorzówka, and Hryharaŭka.

First known use, by meaning

  • 16th century A village in Bobrytsia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1552.
  • 16th century A former silrada of Kaniv Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, amalgamated into Bobrytsia rural hromada in August 2018.
  • 1789–1965 A village in Polohy urban hromada, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1789.
  • 1789–1965 A former silrada of Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Polohy urban hromada in June 2020; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Hryhorivka.
  • until 1793–1797 A village in Hrebinka urban hromada, Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded in the eighteenth century.
  • until 1793–1797 A former silrada of Hrebinka Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, established a. 1927, merged into Hrebinka urban hromada in June 2020.
  • until February 2016 A village in Selydove urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  • 1938–2016 A rural settlement in Solonytsivka settlement hromada, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1765.

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