Cernăuți

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Cernăuți

Where it comes from

Slavic oikonym suffixed with -ăuți m sg (where Proto-Slavic *-ovьci, *-òvьci, or *-ovьcì m pl), which was used to form eponymic demonyms.

Borrowed from Old East Slavic *Чьрновьцꙑ m pl (*Čĭrnovĭcy), from Чьрнь (Čĭrnĭ) + -овьцꙑ m pl (-ovĭcy). Compare Ukrainian Чернівці́ m pl (Černivcí); also Polish Czerniowce m pl, German Czernowitz m sg, Yiddish טשערנאָוויץ m sg (tshernovits), Hungarian Csernovic sg, etc.

proper noun

masculine Chernivtsi (a city in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine)

In English

Chernivtsi city

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MLA

"Cernăuți." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/cern%C4%83u%C8%9Bi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Cernăuți. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cern%C4%83u%C8%9Bi

Chicago

"Cernăuți." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cern%C4%83u%C8%9Bi.

BibTeX

@misc{cerna_ut_i_2026,
  title = {Cernăuți},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cern%C4%83u%C8%9Bi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}