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Chortitza
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English
+ Colony
Etymology
Via en pdt - or en de -, from en ru Хо́ртица (cf. Ukrainian uk Хо́ртиця), the name of Khortytsia (the largest island in the Dnieper River).
Proper noun
A village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1789 in what is now Ukraine.
Translations
Chortitza
German: de Chortiza newer transliteration, de Chortitza older transliteration both German transliterations are from Russian
Russian: ru Хо́ртица
Ukrainian: uk Хо́ртиця
See also
en Molotschna