# Donetsk
## English
### Alternative forms

* Donets'k, Doneck, Donec'k

### Etymology

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “the Donets”), diminutive of Дон (Don, “the Don”), from Proto-Scythian *Dānu (“river”). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dəˈnɛtsk/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: Do‧netsk

### Proper noun

Donetsk
* (city and raion) A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast, in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.
* (province) An oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk; former seat: Donetsk (prior to the Donbas War, where Russia occupied and set up puppet countries)
* (country) A self-declared country in Donetsk Oblast, in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.
* A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.

#### Synonyms

* (Ukrainian city): Donetsk City (since 1961)
* (historical) (Ukrainian city): Aleksandrovka (before 1869)
* (historical) (Ukrainian city): Yuzovo, Yuzovka, Hughesovka (1869-1923)
* (historical) (Ukrainian city): Trotsk (1923)
* (historical) (Ukrainian city): Stalin, Stalino (1924-1941; 1943-1961)
* (historical) (Ukrainian city): Yuzivka (1941-1943)
* (Ukrainian province): Donetsk Oblast, Donechchyna (since 1961)
* (historical) (Ukrainian province): Stalino Oblast (1938-1941; 1943-1961)
* (historical) (Ukrainian province): Yuzivka Oblast (1941-1943)
* (country): Donetsk People's Republic, DPR, DNR (since 2014)
* (historical) (Russian town): Gundorovka

#### Derived terms

* Donetsk City
* Donetskian
* Donetsk Oblast
* Donetsk People's Republic
* DPR

#### Related terms

* Don
* Donbas
* Don Cossacks
* Donets
* Donets Basin
* Donets River
* Don River

#### Translations
### See also

* (city): Donetsk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* (raion): Donetsk Raion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* (oblast): Donetsk Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* (hromada): Donetsk urban hromada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### See also

* Crimea
* Lugansk
* Luhansk

### Anagrams

* stonked, tokdens

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk).

### Proper noun

Donetsk
* Donetsk (a city in Ukraine)

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk).

### Proper noun

Donetsk n
* Donetsk, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.

### Further reading

* Donetsk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /doˈne.t͡ʃis.ki/, /doˈnet͡ʃsk/
* (Brazil) IPA: /doˈne.t͡ʃis.ki/, /doˈnet͡ʃsk/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /doˈne.t͡ʃiʃ.ki/, /doˈnet͡ʃʃk/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /doˈnet͡ʃsk/, /doˈne.t͡ʃis.ki/
* (Portugal) IPA: /duˈnet͡ʃk/

### Proper noun

Donetsk
* Donetsk (an oblast and separatist state in eastern Ukraine)
* Donetsk (a city, the administrative center of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doˈnetsk/ [d̪oˈnet̪sk]
* Rhymes: -etsk
* Syllabification: Do‧netsk

### Proper noun

Donetsk ?
* Donetsk (a city in Ukraine)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk).

### Proper noun

Donetsk
* Donetsk (a city in Ukraine)