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Where does “Чорнобиль” come from?

Чорнобиль (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian чорно́биль, from Ukrainian чо́рне — black.

Ancestry of “Чорнобиль”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianчорно́бильmugwort; wormwood
2Ukrainianчо́рнеblack

Words derived from “Чорнобиль”

  • Чернобыль
  • Czarnobyl
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