Chernobylian

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adjective

Relating to or resembling the city of Chernobyl or the 1986 nuclear accident that occurred there.

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Meanings

adjectiveChernobylian (comparative more Chernobylian, superlative most Chernobylian)

comparative more Chernobylian · superlative most Chernobylian

  1. rareRelating to or resembling the city of Chernobyl or the 1986 nuclear accident that occurred there.

    Or, to make the thought experiment somewhat more realistic, we might envision a future Chernobylian mishap in some European or Asian setting (a far from incredible scenario), and think about the form such an evacuation might take.

    1991, Wilbur Zelinsky, Leszek A. Kosiński, The Emergency Evacuation of Cities: A Cross-national Historical and Geographical Study, Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 293

Origin

From Chernobyl + -ian.

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Chernobylian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chernobylian

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