Donechchyna

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian Доне́ччина (Donéččyna).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dônĕchʹchĭnə, IPA(key): /dɔːˈnɛt͡ʃ.t͡ʃɪnə/

Proper noun

Donechchyna(rare)

  1. A former zemlia of the Ukrainian People's Republic, established on the 6th of March 1918, abolished on the 29th of April 1918. Administrative centre: Sloviansk.
    • 1998, Вале́рій Андрі́йович Смолі́й [Valeriy Andriyovych Smoliy], editor, Все про Україну [All about Ukraine], volume 1, Київ [Kyiv]: Видавничий дім «Альтернативи» [Publishing house “Alternatives”], →ISBN, page 71:
      In March 1918 the Centralna Rada (Central Council) had an intention of cancelling Ukraine’s division into Gubernias and introduce 32 zemlyi (lands): Pidliashshia (administrative centre Brest Lytovsky), Volyn (Lutsk), Pohorynnia (Rivne), Bolokhivska Zemlya (Zytomyr), Derevska Zemlya (Iskorosten), Drehovytska Zemlya (Mozyr), Kyiv with outskirts (20–30 miles), Porosie (Bila Tserkva), Pobuzhie (Uman), Cherkashchyna (Cherkasy), Podilie (Kamianets-Podilskyi), Bratslavshchyna (Vinnytsia), Podnistrovie (Mohyliv-Podilskyi), Pomorie (Mykolaiv), Odesa with outskirts, Nyz (Yelysavethrad), Sich (Katerynoslav), Zaporizhia (Berdiansk), Nove Zaporizhia (Kherson), Azovska Zemlya (Mariupol), Sivershchyna (Starodub), Chernihivshchyna (Chernihiv), Pereiaslavshchyna (Pryluky), Posemie (Konotop), Samara (Kremenchuk), Posulie (Romny), Poltavshchyna (Poltava), Slobidshchyna (Sumy), Kharkiv with outskirts, Donechchyna (Sloviansk), Podolie (Ostrohozk), Polovetska Zemlya (Bakhmut).
  2. Synonym of Donetsk Oblast

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