Etymology

Melitopol

Me·li·to·pol
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Today it means: A city and municipality of Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Full definition →

Ukrainian Меліто́поль ← Russian Мелито́поль ← Ancient Greek Μελιτόπολις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜελιτόπολις
  2. Russian · borrowed fromМелито́поль
  3. Ukrainian · borrowed fromМеліто́поль
  4. 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”).

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