Horozhanka

English

The Horozhanka in Horozhanka

Etymology

From Ukrainian Горожа́нка (Horožánka). Compare Gorozhanka and Horożanka.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŏrŏzhănʹkə, hŏrŏzhăngʹkə, IPA^(key): /hɒɹɒˈʒankə/, /hɒɹɒˈʒaŋkə/

Proper noun

Horozhanka

1. A river, a left tributary of the Dniester, having its course entirely within the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast of the Ukraine.
2. A village on the banks of the River Horozhanka in Monastyryska urban hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, the Ukraine, first mentioned in 1439, situated southwest of the botanical reserve to which it gave its name, in which snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) grow in a forest tract of oaks (Quercus) and hornbeams (Carpinus betulus).

   Synonyms: Hrozana (former name [15th C.]), Rozhanka (former name [15th C.]), Horozana (former name [16th C.])

Translations

river in Ukraine, left tributary of the Dniester

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戈羅然卡河／戈罗然卡河

• Polish: Horożanka (pl) f
• Russian: Горожа́нка f inan (Gorožánka)
• Ukrainian: Горожа́нка (uk) f inan (Horožánka)

village in Monastyryska, Chortkiv, Ternopil, Ukraine

• Polish: Horożanka (pl) f
• Romanian: Horojanka f
• Russian: Горожа́нка f inan (Gorožánka)
• Ukrainian: Горожа́нка (uk) f inan (Horožánka)

Further reading

• Horozhanka (village) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia