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2/1/2024, 3:19 PM Tovaryshka_Anya
1/11/2024, 5:50 PM Tovaryshka_Anya

Name Chernobyl
Type Other
Usage Russian, English
Scripts Чернобыль(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. chyerr-nah-bihl(Russian) chur-no-bul(English) cher-no-bihl(English)
Other Forms FormsChernobyl'
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Meaning & History

Russian name for the Chernobyl Power Plant and the English name for it. It is also to Russian form of the name of a village in Ukraine. It is dervied from "черный" (chernyy) meaning "black". For the Ukrainian form, see Chornobyl'.
Added 1/11/2024 by Tovaryshka_Anya