Etymology

Mariupol

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Today it means: A city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, of the Black Sea. Full definition →

Ukrainian Маріу́поль ← Russian Мариу́поль ← Greek Μαριούπολη
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  1. Greek · derived fromΜαριούπολη
  2. Russian · derived fromМариу́поль
  3. Ukrainian · borrowed fromМаріу́поль
  4. English todayMariupol

Borrowed from Ukrainian Маріу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Russian Мариу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Greek Μαριούπολη (Marioúpoli), from being named after the Virgin Mary, Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Crimean Greek city of Mariampol, from Μαρία (María) + πόλη (póli).

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