Zhdanov

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zhdäʹnəf, zhdäʹnu̇f[1]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian Жда́нов (Ždánov) after Andrei Zhdanov.[1]

Proper noun

Zhdanov

  1. A surname from Russian
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ukrainian Жда́нов (Ždánov), from Russian Жда́нов (Ždánov). Named after Soviet politician Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov.

Proper noun

Zhdanov

  1. (historical) Former name of Mariupol.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Zhdanov”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2142, column 1: “Called Mariupol until 1948; renamed Zhdanov for Soviet statesman b. here.”
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