Дніпро

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Ukrainian

 Дніпро (значення) on Ukrainian Wikipedia

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Etymology

From earlier Днѣпръ (Dnipr), from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ, from Thracian *duno- ipro, related to Persian دنیدن (danidan, to hasten, run), and to hydronyms like Ibr, Ibar, etc.

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Proper noun

Дніпро́ (Dnipróm inan (genitive Дніпра́, uncountable, masculine дніпря́нин, feminine дніпря́нка, relational adjective дніпро́вський or дніпря́нський or дніпро́вий, diminutive Дні́прик)

  1. Dnieper (major river in Eastern Europe, flowing South through Ukraine, Belarus and Russia)
  2. Dnipro (a major city in Ukraine, previously called Дніпропетро́вськ).

Declension

Declension of Дніпро́
(inan sg-only hard masc in -о accent-b)
singular
nominative Дніпро́
Dnipró
genitive Дніпра́
Dniprá
dative Дніпро́ві, Дніпру́
Dnipróvi, Dniprú
accusative Дніпро́
Dnipró
instrumental Дніпро́м
Dnipróm
locative Дніпру́, Дніпрі́
Dniprú, Dniprí
vocative Дні́пре
Dnípre

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