Chernovtsy

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Cher·niv·tsi

 (chər-nēv′tsē, -nyēw′-) or Cher·nov·tsy (-nôf′-)
A city of southwest Ukraine in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains near the Romanian border. It was a center of the Ukrainian nationalist movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Chernovtsy

(Russian tʃɪrnafˈtsi)
n
(Placename) a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est). German name: Czernowitz Romanian name: Cernăuţi
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Cher•nov•tsy

(ˌtʃɜr nɔfˈtsi, -nɒf-, ˌtʃɛr-)

n.
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania. 257,000. Cernăuţi.
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