Dnipro

English + River thumb|right|300px|The Dnipro basin from space, highlighting the numerous reservoirs created during the Soviet era by hydroelectric dams thumb|right|300px|The city of Dnipro within Ukraine, surrounded by its oblast thumb|Dnipro Raion Etymology From en uk Дніпро́ and earlier uk Днѣпръ, from en orv Дънѣпръ, from en sla-pro *Dъněprъ, from en xsc-sar-pro *dānu apara the far river or xsc-sar-pro *dānapr the deep river. The former derivation would pair it with the en Dnister Near River, while the latter would refer to its lack of fords. en Dnieper and en Danasper. As a city, originally a clipping of en Dnipropetrovsk, formally adopted as the town's name in 2016 as part of general decommunization of placenames. Its oblast has not yet followed suit because it is mentioned by name in the Ukrainian constitution. Pronunciation en /nɪˈpɹoʊ/ /niˈpɹoʊ/ /ˈni.pɹoʊ/ /ˈnɪ.pɹoʊ/ GA en /d(ə)niːˈprəʊ/ /ˈd(ə)nɪ.prə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dnipro.wav Southern England Proper noun en with the en A major East European <<river>> which flows south through <<c/Russia,Belarus,Ukraine>> into the Black Sea. en city/municipal and regional administrative centre, as well as/raion/uhrom obl/Dnipropetrovsk c/Ukraine on the Dnieper. en Dnipropetrovs'k an oblast of Ukraine. Usage notes Formerly, the more common English name of this river was en Dnieper. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, nearly all Western media began adopting the Ukrainian form of the name. Alternatively, the name can be used to distinguish the lower stretches of the river through Ukraine, as opposed to its upper reaches in Russia and Belarus. Synonyms river Borysthenes, Slavutych, Slavutich, Danasper, Danapris historical; Dnieper city historical Dnipropetrovs'k, Dnepropetrovsk, Sicheslav, Novorossiysk, Katerynoslav, Yekaterinoslav Derived terms en Dniprodzerzhyns'k Dnipropetrovs'ke,Dnipropetrovs'k Dniprorudne Prydniprovs'k Dniprenko<l:surname> Dniprovenko<l:surname> Dniprianyn<l:male demonym> Dniprianka<l:female demonym> Dnipriany<l:rural settlement in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast> Dniprovka<l:several rural settlements in Ukraine and Kazakhstan> Related terms Dniester Podniprovya Translations river Armenian: hy Դնեպր Belarusian: be Дняпро́ m Bulgarian: bg Дне́пър m Catalan: ca Dniéper m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 第聶伯河 Dìnièbó Hé Crimean Tatar: crh Özü Czech: cs Dněpr m Danish: da Dnepr Dutch: nl Dnjepr Finnish: fi Dnepr French: fr Dniepr f Georgian: ka დნეპრი German: de Dnjepr m Greek: el Δνείπερος m Ancient Greek: grc Βορυσθένης, grc Δάναπρις Hebrew: he דנייפר Hungarian: hu Dnyeper, hu Dnyipro Italian: it Nipro m Japanese: ja ドニエプル川 Doniepuru-gawa Korean: ko 드네프르 강 Latin: la Danaper m, la Borysthenēs m, la Danapris f Lithuanian: lt Dniepras Macedonian: mk Дне́пар m Nogai: nog Узу, nog Узы Old East Slavic: orv Дънѣпръ m Old Norse: non Nepr f Persian: fa دنیپر denipr, denyeper Polish: pl Dniepr m-in Portuguese: pt Dnieper m, pt Dniepre m, pt Borístenes m Russian: ru Днепр m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Дњепар m Latin: sh Dnjepar m Slovak: sk Dneper m Swedish: sv Dnepr c Turkish: tr Dinyeper, tr Özi Ottoman Turkish: ota اوزی özi Ukrainian: uk Дніпро́ m; uk Дніпр m archaic Yiddish: yi דניעפּער city Armenian: hy Դնեպրոպետրովսկ Belarusian: be Днепрапятро́ўск m historical; be Дняпро́ n, be Дніпро́ m Bulgarian: bg Днепропетро́вск m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 第聶伯羅 Dìnièbóluó Danish: da Dnepropetrovsk Dutch: nl Dnipro n, nl Dnipropetrovsk n Farefare: gur Nipro French: fr Dnipropetrovsk, fr Dnipro Georgian: ka დნეპროპეტროვსკი Greek: el Ντνιπροπετρόφσκ Kazakh: kk Днепропетровск Kyrgyz: ky Днепропетровск Macedonian: mk Днипро, mk Днепар Polish: pl Dniepropetrowsk m-in, pl Dniepr m-in Portuguese: pt Dnepropetrovsk f, pt Dnipropetrovsk f Russian: ru Днепропетро́вск m historical, ru Днепр m, ru Днипро́ m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Дњепропетровск m Latin: sh Dnjepropetrovsk m Swedish: sv Dnipro n Turkish: tr Dnipro Ukrainian: uk Дніпропетро́вськ m historical, uk Дніпро́ m See also city en Dnipro raion en Dnipro Raion river en Dnieper River References Anagrams en dinopr drop in drop-in Dutch Etymology nl uk Дніпро́. Proper noun n nl Dnipro, a <<city>> and <<raion>> of <<c/Ukraine>>. nl Dnipropetrovsk superseded Further reading nl French fr: Etymology fr :bor uk:Дніпро́ From fr uk Дніпро́. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Dnipro.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) Proper noun fr city/and/raion oblast/Dnipropetrovsk c/Ukraine Turkish tr: Etymology tr :bor uk:Дніпро́ + 1 Proper noun tr city c/Ukraine Dnipro Declension