Etymology

Pokrovsk

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Today it means: A village, the administrative centre of “Selo Pokrovsk” rural settlement, Kozelsky Raion, Kaluga Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia. Full definition →

Russian Покро́вск ← Ukrainian Покро́вськ
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The story

  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromПокро́вськ
  2. Russian · borrowed fromПокро́вск
  3. English todayPokrovsk

From Russian Покро́вск (Pokróvsk) and Ukrainian Покро́вськ (Pokróvsʹk).

First known use, by meaning

  • pre-1941 A town, the administrative centre of Khangalassky Ulus, Republic of Sakha, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia, founded as an ostrog in 1682.
  • pre-1934 A raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923 and considerably enlarged in July 2020.
  • pre-1934 An urban hromada of Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.

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