Podniprovya

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian Подніпров'я (Podniprovʺja): Russian and Ukrainian по- (po-, “circum-”) + Ukrainian Дніпро (Dnipro, “Dnieper”) + Russian and Ukrainian -о́в (-óv, “-ian”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “along the people of river Dnieper lands”

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Podniprovya (uncountable)

1. (historical) lands in Belarus and Ukraine along the Dnieper river basin.
2. (geography) region within Dnieper Valley (in turn part of Dnieper Lowland and Dnieper Upland)

Alternative forms

• Podniprov'ya
• Padnyprouye

Synonyms

• Prydniprovya

Derived terms

• Podniprovyan

Translations

a geographical region in Ukraine

• Belarusian: Падныпроу́є n
• Russian: Поднепро́вье (ru) n (Podnepróvʹje), Приднепровье n (Pridneprovʹje)
• Ukrainian: Подніпро́в'я n (Podnipróvʺja), Придніпров'я n (Prydniprovʺja)

Further reading

• Dnieper basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia