Zmiivka

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Etymology

From Ukrainian Змії́вка (Zmijívka). Compare Zmeyevka, Zmeyovka, Zmiyevka, and Zmiyovka.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zmēyēvʹkə, IPA(key): /zmiːˈjiːvkə/

Proper noun

Zmiivka

  1. A village in Beryslav urban hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1804 but incorporating an older settlement (Verbivka) founded in 1782.
    Synonym: Schlangendorf (former name, changed in the wake of the Second World War)
    Meronyms: Kostyrka, Mykhailivka, Verbivka (formerly separate settlements, merged into Zmiivka following the transfer of two-and-a-half thousand Boiky to the area from land ceded by the Soviet Union to Poland in 1951)
  2. A village in Svatove urban hromada, Svatove Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1954.
  3. Former name of Kidosh: a village in Berehove urban hromada, Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine; used from 1946 to 1991, first mentioned in 1332.

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