Etymology

Khmelnytskyi

Khmel·nyts·kyi
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Today it means: A city, raion, and oblast of Ukraine. Full definition →

Ukrainian Хмельни́цький
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Khmelnytskyi · proper noun1

  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromХмельни́цький
  2. English todayKhmelnytskyi

From Ukrainian Хмельни́цький (Xmelʹnýcʹkyj), after the Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Derived from хміль (xmilʹ, “hops, humulus”).

Khmelnytskyi · proper noun2

A transliteration of Ukrainian Хмельницький (Xmelʹnycʹkyj)

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