Etymology

Molotschna

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Today it means: A village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1804 in what is now Ukraine. Full definition →

Ukrainian Моло́чна
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  1. Ukrainian · derived fromМоло́чна
  2. English todayMolotschna

Via Plautdietsch or German, from Ukrainian Моло́чна (Molóčna), the name of the Molochna River which flows past it.

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