Meanings
- abbreviationclippingClipping of Dnipropetrovs'k, an oblast of Ukraine.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA major East European river which flows south through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea.
Origin
- Proto-Sarmatian*dānu apara“the far river”
- Proto-Slavic*Dъněprъ
- Old East SlavicДънѣпръ
- UkrainianДніпро́
- EnglishDnipro
From Ukrainian Дніпро́ (Dnipró) and earlier Днѣпръ (Dnipr), from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ, from Proto-Sarmatian *dānu apara (“the far river”) or *dānapr (“the deep river”). The former derivation would pair it with the Dnister (“Near River”), while the latter would refer to its lack of fords. Doublet of Dnieper and Danasper. As a city, originally a clipping of Dnipropetrovsk, formally adopted as the town's name in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames. Its oblast has not yet followed suit because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution.
More words from Ukrainian, Old East Slavic, Proto-Slavic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Βορυσθένης, Δάναπρις
- Βορυσθένης (Borusthénēs)river
- Δάναπρις (Dánapris)river
Bulgarian Дне́пър, Днепропетро́вск
- Дне́пър (Dnépăr)river
- Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk)city
Catalan Dniéper
- Dniéperriver
Chinese Mandarin 第聶伯河 /第聂伯河, 第聶伯羅 /第聂伯罗
- 第聶伯河 /第聂伯河 (Dìnièbó Hé)river
- 第聶伯羅 /第聂伯罗 (Dìnièbóluó)city
Czech Dněpr
- Dněprriver
Danish Dnepr, Dnepropetrovsk
- Dneprriver
- Dnepropetrovskcity
Dutch Dnjepr, Dnipro
- Dnjeprriver
- Dniprocity
- Dnipropetrovskcity
Finnish Dnepr
- Dneprriver
French Dniepr, Dnipropetrovsk
- Dnieprriver
- Dnipropetrovskcity
- Dniprocity
German Dnjepr
- Dnjeprriver
Greek Δνείπερος, Ντνιπροπετρόφσκ
- Δνείπερος (Dneíperos)river
- Ντνιπροπετρόφσκ (Ntnipropetrófsk)city
Hebrew דנייפר
- דנייפרriver
Hungarian Dnyeper, Dnyipro
- Dnyeperriver
- Dnyiproriver
Italian Nipro
- Niproriver
Japanese ドニエプル川
- ドニエプル川 (Doniepuru-gawa)river
Korean 드네프르 강
- 드네프르 강river
Latin Danaper, Borysthenēs
- Danaperriver
- Borysthenēsriver
- Danaprisriver
Lithuanian Dniepras
- Dnieprasriver
Persian دنیپر
- دنیپر (denipr, denyeper)river
Polish Dniepr, Dniepropetrowsk
- Dnieprriver
- Dniepropetrowskcity
- Dnieprcity
Portuguese Dnieper, Dniepre
- Dnieperriver
- Dniepreriver
- Borístenesriver
- Dnepropetrovskcity
- Dnipropetrovskcity
Russian Днепр, Днепропетро́вск
- Днепр (Dnepr)river
- Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk)city
- Днепр (Dnepr)city
- Днипро́ (Dnipró)city
Slovak Dneper
- Dneperriver
Swedish Dnepr, Dnipro
- Dneprriver
- Dniprocity
Turkish Dinyeper, Özi
- Dinyeperriver
- Öziriver
- Dniprocity
Ukrainian Дніпро́, Дніпр
- Дніпро́ (Dnipró)river
- Дніпр (Dnipr)river
- Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk)city
- Дніпро́ (Dnipró)city
Yiddish דניעפּער
- דניעפּער (dnyeper)river
Cite this entry
Dnipro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dnipro
“Dnipro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dnipro. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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