The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΜελιτόπολις
- Russian · borrowed fromМелито́поль
- Ukrainian · borrowed fromМеліто́поль
- English todayMelitopol
Borrowed from Ukrainian Меліто́поль (Melitópolʹ) and Russian Мелито́поль (Melitópolʹ), derived from Ancient Greek Μελιτόπολις (Melitópolis), compare modern Greek Μελιτόπολη (Melitópoli), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + πολις (polis, “city”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.