Chernobyl
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Chernobyl
- /tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/ UK
- /tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl/ UK
- /t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/ US
Rhymes with -ɒbəl, -əʊbəl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ). The place name is from Russian чернобыль (černobylʹ), meaning “mugwort” or “wormwood”. Doublet of Chornobyl, from the Ukrainian cognate.
proper noun Chornobyl
- A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster. A couple of oil shocks, a Chernobyl meltdown, and a Gulf War later, his basic message - the need to emphasize efficiency and renewable resources over oil and nuclear power - is still a minority view,[…]
- The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city. After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years.
- The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the location where the accident occurred. Although it no longer produces electricity, many people still work at Chernobyl decommissioning the plant.
noun Chernobyls · Chornobyl
- A major nuclear-energy accident. Many secret cities were Chernobyls in slow motion.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chornobyl, pele, disaster, pripyat, tjernobyl, chernivtsi, bobrovytsia, chernovtsy, chernigov, novodnistrovsk, borzna, chernihiv, zastavna, horodnia, baturyn, kitsman
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name city in Ukraine
| Español | Chernóbyl, Chernóbil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 체르노빌 Chereunobil |
| 日本語 | チョルノーブィリ Chorunōbuiri, チェルノブイリ Cherunobuiri |
| 中文 | 切爾諾貝利 /切尔诺贝利 Qiè'ěrnuòbèilì |
| हिन्दी | चेरनोबिल cernobil |
| Português | Chernobyl, Chernobil, Tchernóbil |
| Français | Tchernobyl |
| Deutsch | Tschernobyl, Tschornobyl |
| Italiano | Černobyl', Cernobil, Čornobyl' |
| Ελληνικά | Τσερνόμπιλ Tsernómpil |
| Русский | Черно́быль Černóbylʹ |
| العربية | تْشِيرْنُوبِيل tširnūbil |
| עברית | צ׳רנוביל |
Talk about this word "Chernobyl." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chernobyl. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Chernobyl. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chernobyl "Chernobyl." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chernobyl.Cite this
@misc{chernobyl_2026,
title = {Chernobyl},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chernobyl},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
