Chernobyl
pronunciation
How to pronounce Chernobyl in British English:
UK [tʃiəˈnɔ:bil]
How to pronounce Chernobyl in American English:
US [tʃɚˈnobəl, tʃjɪrˈnɔbɪl]
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- Noun:
- a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (16 April 1986)
Word Origin
- Chernobyl
- city in Ukraine (Ukrainian Chornobyl), from Russian chernobylnik "mugwort." Site of 1986 nuclear disaster.
Example
- 1. Some areas adjacent to chernobyl suffered as well .
- 2. The chernobyl meltdown was hideous and traumatic .
- 3. Chernobyl and fukushima were ines 7 events .
- 4. So what have we learnt from chernobyl ?
- 5. It takes 2 hours to go to chernobyl from kiev .