Donbas

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ukrainian Донба́с (Donbás), abbreviation of Доне́цький басе́йн (Donécʹkyj baséjn, “Donets Basin”), after Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “Donets River”) + басе́йн (baséjn, “basin”). Compare Donbass, from Russian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɒnbæs/, /ˈdɒnbɑːs/, /dɒnˈbɑːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːnbɑːs/, /-bæs/, /dʌnˈbæs/, /-ˈbɑːs/

Proper noun

Donbas

  1. (usually with definite article) An industrial region in eastern Ukraine.
  2. (colloquial, without definite article) The two Russian separatist enclaves, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic.

Synonyms

(industrial region):

Translations

See also
  • ORDLO (referring to the Russian separatist enclaves located there, especially by the Ukrainian government)

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Донба́с (Donbás), abbreviation of Доне́цький басе́йн (Donécʹkyj baséjn, “Donets Basin”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdonbas]
  • Hyphenation: Don‧bas

Proper noun

Donbas n (related adjective donbaský)

  1. Donbas (an industrial region in eastern Ukraine)

Declension
Declension of Donbas (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Donbas
genitive Donbasu
dative Donbasu
accusative Donbas
vocative Donbase
locative Donbase, Donbasu
instrumental Donbasem

Further reading
  • Donbas in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Donbas in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Donbas in Internetová jazyková příručka

Portuguese

Proper noun

Donbas m

  1. Alternative form of Donbass
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