ОРДЛО

Russian

Etymology

Acronym of отде́льные райо́ны Доне́цкой и Луга́нской областе́й (otdélʹnyje rajóny Donéckoj i Lugánskoj oblastéj, literally “separate districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐrdˈɫo]

Noun

ОРДЛО́ • (ORDLÓ) m inan pl or n inan (indeclinable)

1. The parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in Ukraine that were de facto controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic between 2015 and 2022.

Coordinate terms

• Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика (Donéckaja Naródnaja Respúblika), ДНР (DNR)
• Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika), ЛНР (LNR)
• Донба́сс (Donbáss) (as a collective for the two separatist states)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Acronym of окре́мі райо́ни Доне́цької та Луга́нської областе́й (okrémi rajóny Donécʹkoji ta Luhánsʹkoji oblastéj, literally “separate districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔrdˈɫɔ]

Noun

ОРДЛО́ • (ORDLÓ) m inan pl or n inan (indeclinable)

1. The parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in Ukraine that were de facto controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic between 2015 and 2022.

Descendants

• English: ORDLO