Chernobyl
See also: Chernóbyl
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Chornobyl (Ukraine)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/, /tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/
- Rhymes: -ɒbəl, -əʊbəl
Proper noun
editChernobyl
- A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
- 1991 July 26, Brad Knickerbocker, “Think Tank on the Efficient Energy Trail”, in Christian Science Monitor[1]:
- A couple of oil shocks, a Chernobyl meltdown, and a Gulf War later, his basic message - the need to emphasize efficiency and renewable resources over oil and nuclear power - is still a minority view, […]
- (by extension) The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
- After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years.
Usage notes
editUkrainians recommend the use of "Chornobyl" instead of "Chernobyl". The former name is the place's name in Ukrainian, while the latter, being from Russian, is seen as supportive of Russian nationalism.
Derived terms
edit- Chernobylian
- chernobylite (the mineral)
- Chernobylite (a person from Chernobyl)
- Chernobyl syndrome
Translations
editcity in Ukraine
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Noun
editChernobyl (plural Chernobyls)
- (by extension) A major nuclear-energy accident.
- 1994 August, “Nuclear chaos”, in Popular Science, volume 245, number 2, page 54:
- Many secret cities were Chernobyls in slow motion.
- 1999 May 6, Terence Scully, “When cell phones kill our brain waves, we will worry less”, in The Record (Kitchener, Ont.):
- The effects of a Chernobyl disaster in my community would probably be barely noticeable.
- 2007 September 7, “Imagining a World Without Humans”, in NPR_TalkNation:
- So those would be a lot of Chernobyls that the ecosystem would have to deal with.
- 2010 March 10, Ben Garcia, “Many Kuwaitis yet to be convinced on nuke energy”, in Kuwait Times:
- It has to be handled properly with great accuracy and no room for mistakes, because if we do have like a Chernobyl catastrophe, God forbid, it could wipe out our entire people.
See also
editItalian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editChernobyl ?
References
edit- ^ Chernobil in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
editProper noun
editChernobyl f
- Alternative spelling of Chernobil
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- Rhymes:English/ɒbəl
- Rhymes:English/ɒbəl/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/əʊbəl
- Rhymes:English/əʊbəl/3 syllables
- English lemmas
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛrnobil
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛrnobil/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/il
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