Podniprovya

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Etymology

Calque of 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 “lands along river Dnieper's people”

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Podniprovya (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Lands in Belarus and Ukraine within the Dnieper river basin.
  2. (geography) Extended Dnieper Valley (partly between Dnieper Lowland and Dnieper Upland)

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