English
Etymology
Calque of Russian Росто́в-на-Дону́ (Rostóv-na-Donú).
Proper noun
Rostov-on-Don
- A large city, the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, in southern Russia.
- Synonyms: Rostov-na-Donu, Rostov-on-the-Don, (colloquial) Rostov
2025 December 9, Dmitry Zair-Bek, “Pounds of flesh : In a gross miscarriage of justice, eight innocent people have been given life sentences for the Crimean Bridge bombing”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe[1]:Last month, a military court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don sentenced eight men to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of causing the 2022 explosion on the Crimean Bridge, the controversial road and rail bridge that connects Russia’s Krasnodar region with the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Usage notes
Rostov-on-Don or Rostov-na-Donu is commonly abbreviated as Rostov, which is also the name of a town in Yaroslavl.
Translations
city in Russia
- Arabic: روستوف-نا-دونو m (rustūf-na-dunū)
- Armenian: Դոնի Ռոստով (hy) (Doni Ṙostov)
- Bashkir: Дондағы Ростов (Dondağı Rostov)
- Belarusian: Расто́ў-на-До́не m (Rastów-na-Dónje)
- Bulgarian: Росто́в на Дон m (Rostóv na Don)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 頓河畔羅斯托夫 / 顿河畔罗斯托夫 (Dùn Hé pàn Luósītuōfū)
- Chuvash: Тан ҫинчи Ростов (Tan ś̬inč̬i Rostov), Росто́в-Тан-ҫинчи́ (Rostóv-Tan-ś̬inč̬í)
- Czech: Rostov na Donu m
- Danish: Rostov ved Don, Rostov-na-Donu
- Finnish: Rostov-na-Donu
- French: Rostov-sur-le-Don (fr) m
- Georgian: დონის როსტოვი (donis rosṭovi)
- German: Rostow am Don (de) n
- Greek: Ροστόφ στον Ντον (Rostóf ston Nton)
- Hebrew: רוסטוב על הדון
- Hindi: रोस्तोव (rostov)
- Italian: Rostov-sul-Don m
- Japanese: ロストフ・ナ・ドヌ (Rosutofu-na-Donu)
- Kalmyk: Теңгә Ростов (Teñgä Rostov)
- Korean: 로스토프나도누 (Roseutopeunadonu)
- Latvian: Rostova pie Donas
- Lithuanian: Rostovas prie Dono
- Mongolian: Донын Ростов (Donyn Rostov)
- Ossetian: Ростов-Доныл (Rostov-Donyl)
- Polish: Rostów nad Donem (pl) m
- Portuguese: Rostov-sobre-o-Don f, Rostov-do-Don f, Rostov-no-Don f
- Romanian: Rostov-pe-Don
- Russian: Росто́в-на-Дону́ (ru) m (Rostóv-na-Donú)
- Slovak: Rostov nad Donom
- Spanish: Rostov del Don m
- Tatar: Дондагы Ростов (Dondağı Rostow), Тындагы Растуф (Tındağı Rastuf), Тындагы Ростов (Tındağı Rostow)
- Thai: รอสตอฟ-นา-โดนู (ror-sà-dtorw-naa-doh-noo)
- Ukrainian: Росто́в-на-Дону́ m (Rostóv-na-Donú), Рості́в m (Rostív)
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