Volksrepubliek Loehansk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (less common) Volksrepubliek Loegansk

Etymology

Calque of Russian Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and Ukrainian Луганська народна республіка (Luhansʹka narodna respublika). The relative prevalence of the Ukrainian form Loehansk over Loegansk in this name owes to the recent emphasis on the usage of Ukrainian placenames instead of Russian ones when referring to toponyms in Ukrainian territory.

Proper noun

Volksrepubliek Loegansk f

1. Luhansk People's Republic (a self-proclaimed quasi-state, internationally recognized as part of the country of Ukraine; one of two members of the Confederation of Novorossiya.)

Further reading

• Volksrepubliek Loehansk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl