Meanings
alternative Dnepropetrovsk · alternative Dnipropetrovs'k · alternative Dnipropetrovs'ke
- historicalFormer name of Dnipro.
Origin
- UkrainianДніпропетро́вськ
- EnglishDnipropetrovsk
From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk), from Дніпро́ (Dnipró, “Dnipro River”) + Петро́вський (Petróvsʹkyj), after Soviet revolutionary Grigory Petrovsky. The city was renamed in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames but renaming the oblast has not yet occurred because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution. Doublet of Dnepropetrovsk, from Russian Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk).
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Chinese Mandarin 第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克州 /第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克州, 第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克 /第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克
- 第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克州 /第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克州 (Dìnièbóluóbǐdéluófūsīkè zhōu)oblast
- 第聶伯羅彼得羅夫斯克 /第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克 (Dìnièbóluóbǐdéluófūsīkè)former name of Dnipro
Czech Dněpropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk
- Dněpropetrovskformer name of Dnipro
- Dnipropetrovskformer name of Dnipro
Dutch Dnipropetrovsk
- Dnipropetrovskformer name of Dnipro
French Dnipropetrovsk, Dniepropetrovsk
- Dnipropetrovskformer name of Dnipro
- Dniepropetrovskformer name of Dnipro
German Dnipropetrowsk, Dnepropetrowsk
- Dnipropetrowskformer name of Dnipro
- Dnepropetrowskformer name of Dnipro
Greek Ντνιπροπετρόφσκ
- Ντνιπροπετρόφσκ (Ntnipropetrófsk)former name of Dnipro
Hindi द्निप्रोपेत्रोव्स्क
- द्निप्रोपेत्रोव्स्क (dnipropetrovsk)former name of Dnipro
Italian Dnipropetrovsk
- Dnipropetrovskformer name of Dnipro
Polish Dniepropetrowsk, Dniepropetrowsk
- Dniepropetrowskoblast
- Dniepropetrowskformer name of Dnipro
Russian Днепропетро́вская о́бласть, Днепропетро́вщина
- Днепропетро́вская о́бласть (Dnepropetróvskaja óblastʹ)oblast
- Днепропетро́вщина (Dnepropetróvščina)oblast
- Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk)former name of Dnipro
Swedish Dnipropetrovsk
- Dnipropetrovskoblast
Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, Дніпропетро́вщина
- Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть (Dnipropetróvsʹka óblastʹ)oblast
- Дніпропетро́вщина (Dnipropetróvščyna)oblast
- Січесла́вщина (Sičeslávščyna)oblast
- Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk)former name of Dnipro
Cite this entry
Dnipropetrovsk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dnipropetrovsk
“Dnipropetrovsk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dnipropetrovsk. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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