Dniepropetrovsk

[ nep-roh-pi-trawfsk; Russian dnyi-pruh-pyi-trawfsk ]

noun

1. the Russian name of the city of Dnipro.

Example Sentences

It also took aim at  oligarchs such as Igor Kolomoyskiy, vocally pro-Kiev governor of Ukraine’s Dniepropetrovsk region.

From BusinessWeek

Alex Ryabchyn in Dniepropetrovsk and Natasha Abbakumova in Moscow contributed to this report.

From Washington Post

In Dniepropetrovsk, another volatile region of the Russian-speaking east, billionaire governor Igor Kolomoisky has also put his wealth to work in defense of a united Ukraine.

From Los Angeles Times

Outflanked, the German troops in Dniepropetrovsk abandoned the great city, with its wrecked power plants and factories, for a desperate flight southward.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Red Air Force concentrated on the sectors where the Russians evidently spotted the heaviest German concentrations�on the central front, bombing such communication centers as Bryansk, Minsk, Dniepropetrovsk, Kremenchug, Belgorod, Orel.

From Time Magazine Archive