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English
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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Proper noun
Podniprovya (uncountable)
- (historical) Lands in Belarus and Ukraine within the Dnieper river basin.
- (geography) Extended Dnieper Valley (partly between Dnieper Lowland and Dnieper Upland)
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Translations
a region in Belarus and Ukraine
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