Cernobyl

See also: Černobyl, černobyľ, and černobýl

Italian

Alternative forms

• Chernobyl

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛr.no.bil/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrnobil
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃer.noˈbil/
  • Rhymes: -il
• IPA^(key): (elevated style) /t͡ʃirˈnɔ.biʎ/^*
  • Rhymes: -ɔbiʎ

Proper noun

Cernobyl ?

1. Chernobyl (an abandoned city in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine, site of a major 1986 nuclear accident)