Donets

See also: donets and d'on ets

English

Alternative forms

• Donetz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Доне́ц (Donéc) and Ukrainian Доне́ць (Donécʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɒnˈɛts/

Proper noun

Donets

1. One of several rivers in Eastern Europe, including but not limited to:
   1. Seversky Donets River, which flows through Russia and Ukraine into the Don River.
2. (historical) A governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, named for the River Donets, established in February 1919 and abolished in February 1925.

Meronyms

constituent povity of the governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (December 1920–February 1925)

• Bakhmut
• Debaltseve (until November 1922)
• Hryshyne (until June 1922)
• Luhansk
• Mariupol
• Shakhty (until 1924)
• Sloviansk
• Starobilsk
• Tahanrih (until 1924)
• Yuzivka

Derived terms

• Donets Basin
• Donets River

Related terms

• Don
• Donbas
• Donetsk
• Don River

Translations

one of several rivers

• Belarusian: Дане́ц m (Danjéc)
• Bulgarian: Донец m (Donec)
• Czech: Doněc m, Donec m
• French: Donetz
• Hungarian: Donyec (hu)
• Lithuanian: Donecas m
• Macedonian: Доњец m (Donjec)
• Polish: Doniec (pl) m
• Romanian: Doneţ
• Russian: Доне́ц (ru) m (Donéc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Доњец m

  Roman: Donjec m

• Slovak: Donec m
• Ukrainian: Доне́ць (uk) m (Donécʹ)

governorate of the Ukrainian SSR (1919–1925)

• Latvian: Doņeckas guberņa
• Russian: Доне́цкая губе́рния f inan (Donéckaja gubérnija)
• Ukrainian: Доне́цька губе́рнія f inan (Donécʹka hubérnija)

Further reading

• Donets (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Donets Governorate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dotens, Ostend, doesn't, ostend, stoned