Azov(Settlement & Body of Water)Russian, Ukrainian, English From the Arabic Bahr al-Azuf meaning "dark blue sea" or from Kipchak азакъ (azaq), meaning "river mouth, lowlands". The Sea of Azov is a sea on the borders of Southeast Ukraine and Southwest Russia, connected to the Black Sea... [more]
Chornobyl'(Other)Ukrainian Chornobyl' is the name of a power plant that had a meltdown in 1986 as well as a Ukrainian village, meaning "black" from Ukrainian чорний (chornyy). The English form is Chernobyl.
Khreshchatyk(Other)Ukrainian Derived from хрест (khrest), meaning "cross". Khreshchatyk is a historical street in the Ukrainian capital, and is the most iconic street in Ukraine.
Kiyev(Region, Settlement & Other)Russian, Rusyn Russian variant transcription and Rusyn form of of Kiev.
Kyyiv(Region, Settlement & Other)Ukrainian Ukrainian variant transcription of Kyiv.
Malorossiya(Country & Region)Russian Means "Little Russia" (малый/malyy + россия/rossiya), a historical term denoting to what now is mostly Ukraine.
Mariupol(Other)Ukrainian, Russian From the given name Maria and with the Greek suffix -πόλη (póli), meaning "city", translating to "City of Maria" or "Maria's City"... [more]
Mar'yinka(Settlement & Other)Ukrainian Probably derived from the given name Mar'yana. Mar'yinka is the name of multiple villages in Ukraine. Mar'yinka, Donetsk Oblast is the most notable due to the destruction that took place in the city.
Nimechchyna(Country)Ukrainian Ukrainian form of Germany. Comes from an old Slavic word that meant "people who don't speak right".
Novorossiya(Region)Russian Means "New Russia", from Russian новый (novyy), meaning "new" and Россия (Rossiya), meaning "Russia". Historically it was used to describe a region of land around the Ukrainian coastline, but in contemporary usage it refers to the group of 8 regions in Ukraine* (Donyetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozh'ye, Kherson, Khar'kov, Odessa, Dnyepr, Nikolayev) that are predominantly Russian... [more]
Pridnestrovye(Political Subdivision & Region)Russian, English Another name for Transnistria, using the Russian derivation instead of the Romanian derivation.
Rrusastan(Country)Armenian From Armenian Կիևյան Ռուսիա (Kiyevyan Rrusia), meaning "Kyivan Rus'", and the Persian suffix ستان (stān), meaning "land of".
Velikorossiya(Country & Region)Russian Means "Great Russia" (великий/velikiy + россия/rossiya). It is a historical name of what is now mostly the Russian Federation.
Virmeniya(Country)Ukrainian Ukrainian form of Armenia, with a different start due to Ukrainian langauge phenomena.
Vorkuta(Other)Russian, Komi, Nenets Means "the abundance of bears" in Nenets. Vorkuta is a far north city in the Komi Republic in Russia.
Voroshilovgrad(Other)Russian Means "city of Voroshilov", referring to the military officer Kliment Voroshilov. It is the former name of Lugansk City.