Etymology

Jankoy

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Today it means: A city, the administrative centre of Jankoy Raion, de jure a part of that raion, de facto separate as Jankoy city municipality, in Crimea, Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces since February 2014. Full definition →

ru,uk Джанко́й ← Crimean Tatar Canköy
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  1. Crimean Tatar · derived fromCanköy
  2. ru,uk · borrowed fromДжанко́й
  3. English todayJankoy

From Russian and Ukrainian Джанко́й (Džankój), both from Crimean Tatar Canköy (literally “new village”).

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