Rostov-on-Don

English Etymology en ru Росто́в-на-Дону́. Proper noun en large city/administrative center obl/Rostov in southern c/Russia. en Rostov-na-Donu Rostov-on-the-Don Rostov colloquial en 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. Novaya Gazeta Europe https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/12/09/pounds-of-flesh-en 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 9 December 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20260410095545/https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/12/09/pounds-of-flesh-en 10 April 2026 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: ar روستوف-نا-دونو m rustūf-na-dunū Armenian: hy Դոնի Ռոստով Bashkir: ba Дондағы Ростов Belarusian: be Расто́ў-на-До́не m Bulgarian: bg Росто́в на Дон m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 頓河畔羅斯托夫 Dùn Hé pàn Luósītuōfū Chuvash: cv Тан ҫинчи Ростов, cv Росто́в-Тан-ҫинчи́ Czech: cs Rostov na Donu m Danish: da Rostov ved Don, da Rostov-na-Donu Finnish: fi Rostov-na-Donu French: fr Rostov-sur-le-Don m Georgian: ka დონის როსტოვი German: de Rostow am Don n Greek: el Ροστόφ στον Ντον Hebrew: he רוסטוב על הדון Hindi: hi रोस्तोव Italian: it Rostov-sul-Don m Japanese: ja ロストフ・ナ・ドヌ Rosutofu-na-Donu Kalmyk: xal Теңгә Ростов Korean: ko ^로스토프나도누 Latvian: lv Rostova pie Donas Lithuanian: lt Rostovas prie Dono Mongolian: mn Донын Ростов Ossetian: os Ростов-Доныл Polish: pl Rostów nad Donem m Portuguese: pt Rostov-sobre-o-Don f, pt Rostov-do-Don f, pt Rostov-no-Don f Romanian: ro Rostov-pe-Don Russian: ru Росто́в-на-Дону́ m Slovak: sk Rostov nad Donom Spanish: es Rostov del Don m Tatar: tt Дондагы Ростов, tt Тындагы Растуф, tt Тындагы Ростов Thai: th รอสตอฟ-นา-โดนู ror-sà-dtorw-naa-doh-noo Ukrainian: uk Росто́в-на-Дону́ m, uk Рості́в m See also en Don en Cossack en Nakhichevan-on-Don en exonyms