Etymology

Podniprovya

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Today it means: Lands in Belarus and Ukraine within the Dnieper river basin. Full definition →

Ukrainian Подніпров'я ← Ancient Greek -ία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ία
  2. Ukrainian · derived from-о́в“-ian”
  3. Ukrainian · derived fromДніпро“Dnieper”
  4. Ukrainian · derived fromпо-“circum-”
  5. Ukrainian · borrowed fromПодніпров'я
  6. English todayPodniprovya

Ukrainian Подніпров'я (Podniprovʺja): Ukrainian по- (po-, “circum-”) + Ukrainian Дніпро (Dnipro, “Dnieper”) + Ukrainian -о́в (-óv, “-ian”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “lands along river Dnieper's people”

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