Donetsk

Do·nets'k

or Do·netsk  (də-nĕtsk′, dŭ-nyĕts′)

A city of eastern Ukraine east-southeast of Kiev. Founded c. 1870, it is the leading industrial center of the region.

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Donetsk

(Russian daˈnjɛtsk)

n

(Placename) a city in E Ukraine: the chief industrial centre of the Donbass; first ironworks founded by a Welshman, John Hughes (1872), after whom the town was named Yuzovka (Hughesovka). Pop: 992 000 (2005 est). Former names (from 1924 until 1961): Stalin or Stalino

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Do•netsk

(dəˈnɛtsk)

n.

a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin. 1,117,000. Formerly, Stalin , Stalino, Yuzovka.

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Donetsk - an industrial city in the Donets Basin Donetske, Stalino Ukraine, Ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century

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