Donbas

English

Alternative forms

• Donbass (Russian)

Etymology

From Ukrainian Донба́с (Donbás), abbreviation of Доне́цький басе́йн (Donécʹkyj baséjn, “Donets Basin”), after Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “Donets River”) + басе́йн (baséjn, “basin”). Compare Donbass, from Russian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒnbæs/, /ˈdɒnbɑːs/, /dɒnˈbɑːs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːnbɑːs/, /-bæs/, /dʌnˈbæs/, /-ˈbɑːs/

Proper noun

Donbas

1. (usually with definite article) An industrial region in eastern Ukraine.
2. (colloquial, without definite article) The two Russian separatist enclaves, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic.

Synonyms

(industrial region):

• Donets Basin

Related terms

• Don
• Don Cossacks
• Donets
• Donets Basin
• Donetsk
• Donets River
• Don River

Translations

an industrial region in eastern Ukraine.

• Arabic: دُونْبَاس f (dōnbās)
• Armenian: Դոնբաս (hy) (Donbas)
• Belarusian: Данба́с m (Danbás)
• Bulgarian: Донба́с m (Donbás)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頓巴斯 / 顿巴斯 (zh) (Dùnbāsī)

• Czech: Donbas (cs) m
• Dutch: Donetsbekken n
• French: Donbass (fr) m
• Georgian: დონბასი (donbasi)
• German: Donezbecken (de) n, Donbas m, Donbass m
• Greek: Ντονμπάς (el) n (Ntonmpás)
• Hebrew: דוֹנְבַּאס (donbás)
• Hungarian: Donbász, Donbassz
• Japanese: ドンバス (Donbasu)
• Korean: 돈바스 (Donbaseu)
• Latvian: Donbass m
• Lithuanian: Donbasas m
• Marathi: डोनबास (ḍonbās)
• Persian: دونباس (dônbâs)
• Polish: Donbas (pl) m
• Portuguese: Donbass m, Donbas m
• Russian: Донба́сс (ru) m (Donbáss)
• Spanish: Dombás m
• Thai: ดอนบัส (dɔɔn-bàs)
• Turkish: Donbas, Donbass
• Ukrainian: Донба́с m (Donbás)

See also

• ORDLO (referring to the Russian separatist enclaves located there, especially by the Ukrainian government)

Anagrams

• Abdons, Badons, Dabson, bandos

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Донба́с (Donbás), abbreviation of Доне́цький басе́йн (Donécʹkyj baséjn, “Donets Basin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdonbas]
• Hyphenation: Don‧bas

Proper noun

Donbas n (relational adjective donbaský)

1. Donbas (an industrial region in eastern Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Donbas (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Donbas
genitive	Donbasu
dative	Donbasu
accusative	Donbas
vocative	Donbase
locative	Donbase, Donbasu
instrumental	Donbasem

Further reading

• “Donbas”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Donbas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Donbas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Portuguese

Proper noun

Donbas m

1. Alternative form of Donbass