Kherson

American

[ker-sawn, ker-sawn, khyir-sawn] / kɛrˈsɔn, ˈkɛrˌsɔn, xyɪrˈsɔn /

noun

a port in southern Ukraine, on the Dnieper River, on the Black Sea.

Kherson British

/ xɪrˈsɔn /

noun

a port in S Ukraine on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea: shipyards. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)

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Ukrainian strikes have largely targeted Russian military bases in the peninsula, which borders the partly Russian-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"She was only 23 years old and had begun her service at the start of the full-scale invasion of the Kherson region," the national police wrote on Telegram on Sunday morning.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Since leaving Kherson, she has not even taken her viola out of its case.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Smolyak, who worked as a medic for more than 25 years, fled his home in the southern Kherson region when Russia invaded nearly four years ago.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Vassal and Potier are the most considerable in Kherson, giving daily employment to more than 600 men.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

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