Khmelnytskyi

English

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Khmelnytskyi Raion

Alternative forms

Khmelnytsky, Khmel’nyts’ky, Khmelnytskyy, Khmel’nyts’kyy
Khmelnitskiy, Khmel’nitskiy, Khmelnitsky, Khmel’nitsky

Etymology

From Ukrainian Хмельни́цький (Xmelʹnýcʹkyj), after the Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Derived from хміль (xmilʹ, “hops, humulus”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k(ə)mɛlˈnɪtski/, /x(ə)mɛlˈnɪtski/
Hyphenation: Khmel‧nyts‧kyi

Proper noun

Khmelnytskyi

A city, raion, and oblast of Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi province (oblast), in south-eastern Ukraine.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky (c. 1595–1657), a Ukrainian Cossack hetman who led an uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and signed the Treaty of Pereyaslav with Czar Alexis I of Russia.

Synonyms

(city): Proskuriv, Proskurov (historical)

Translations

city

Belarusian: Хмяльні́цкі m (Xmjalʹnícki)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 赫梅利尼茨基 (Hèméilìnícíjī)
Dutch: Chmelnytsky n
Esperanto: Ĥmelnickijo
French: Khmelnytskyï (fr)
Greek: Χμελνίτσκι (el) n (Chmelnítski)
Hungarian: Hmelnickij (hu)
Japanese: フメリニツキー
Korean: 흐멜니츠키 (Heumellicheuki)
Marathi: ख्मेलनीचकीय (khmelnīckīy)
Polish: Chmielnicki m
Russian: Хмельни́цкий (ru) m (Xmelʹníckij)
Slovak: Chmeľnyckyj m
Ukrainian: Хмельни́цький (uk) m (Xmelʹnýcʹkyj)

oblast

Belarusian: Хмяльні́цкая во́бласць f (Xmjalʹníckaja vóblascʹ)
Marathi: ख्मेलनीचकीय (khmelnīckīy)
Polish: Obwód chmielnicki m
Russian: Хмельни́цкая о́бласть (ru) f (Xmelʹníckaja óblastʹ)
Ukrainian: Хмельни́цька о́бласть f (Xmelʹnýcʹka óblastʹ)

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