Toretsk

To·retsk
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/tɔːˈrɛtsk/

proper noun

A city, the administrative centre of Toretsk urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

OriginUkrainian Торе́цьк →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the administrative centre of Toretsk urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

    Vladimir Putin has sacrificed thousands of soldiers in the fight to seize Toretsk during the bloodiest year of the war yet.

    2025 February 24th, Adrian Blomfield, Kieran Kelly, Meike Eijsberg, Anna Conkling, “The town Russia couldn’t take”, in The Telegraph, standfirst
    1. historicalA miskrada in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, disestablished in June 2020.
    2. An urban hromada of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.

Origin

  1. UkrainianТоре́цьк
  2. EnglishToretsk

From Ukrainian Торе́цьк (Torécʹk).

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Translations

Polish Torećk
  • Torećkcity in Toretsk, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukraine
Russian Торе́цк
  • Торе́цк (Toréck)city in Toretsk, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukraine
Ukrainian Торе́цьк
  • Торе́цьк (Torécʹk)city in Toretsk, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukraine
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APA

Toretsk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toretsk

MLA

“Toretsk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toretsk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Toretsk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toretsk.

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