Donetsk

• Donets'k, Doneck, Donec'k

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “the Donets”), diminutive of Дон (Don, “the Don”), from Proto-Scythian *Dānu (“river”). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

• IPA^(key): /dəˈnɛtsk/

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• Hyphenation: Do‧netsk

Donetsk

1. (city and raion) A city, the administrative centre and raion of Donetsk Oblast, in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.
2. (province) An oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk; former seat: Donetsk (prior to the Donbas War, where Russia occupied and set up puppet countries)
3. (country) A country in Donetsk Oblast, in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.
4. A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.

• (Ukrainian city): Donetsk City (since 1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Aleksandrovka (before 1869)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Yuzovo, Yuzovka, Hughesovka (1869-1923)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Trotsk (1923)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Stalin, Stalino (1924-1941; 1943-1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Yuzivka (1941-1943)
• (Ukrainian province): Donetsk Oblast, Donechchyna (since 1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian province): Stalino Oblast (1938-1941; 1943-1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian province): Yuzivka Oblast (1941-1943)
• (country): Donetsk People's Republic, DPR, DNR (since 2014)
• (historical) (Russian town): Gundorovka

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Donetsk

1. Donetsk (an oblast and separatist state in eastern Ukraine)
2. Donetsk (a city, the administrative center of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Donetsk ?

1. Donetsk (a city in Ukraine)