Etymology

Yekaterinburg

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Today it means: A city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population. Full definition →

Russian Екатеринбу́рг
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromЕкатеринбу́рг
  2. English todayYekaterinburg

Borrowed from Russian Екатеринбу́рг (Jekaterinbúrg), referring to Catherine I of Russia.

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