Etymology

Ivano-Frankivsk

I·va·no-Fran·kivsk

Today it means: A city, the administrative center of Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada, Ivano-Frankivsk Raion and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine; formerly, Stanislaviv, Stanislav, and Stanisławów. Full definition →

Ukrainian Іва́но-Франкі́вськ
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromІва́но-Франкі́вськ
  2. English todayIvano-Frankivsk

From Ukrainian Іва́но-Франкі́вськ (Iváno-Frankívsʹk), after the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko, Іва́н Франко́ (Iván Frankó).

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