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Chernobylian

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Etymology

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From Chernobyl +‎ -ian.

Adjective

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Chernobylian (comparative more Chernobylian, superlative most Chernobylian)

  1. (rare) Relating to or resembling the city of Chernobyl or the 1986 nuclear accident that occurred there.
    • 1991, Wilbur Zelinsky, Leszek A. Kosiński, The Emergency Evacuation of Cities: A Cross-national Historical and Geographical Study, Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 293:
      Or, to make the thought experiment somewhat more realistic, we might envision a future Chernobylian mishap in some European or Asian setting (a far from incredible scenario), and think about the form such an evacuation might take.