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Chernobylian

Chernobylian adjective: relating to or resembling the city of Chernobyl or the 1986 nuclear accident that occurred there.

Adjective

Chernobylian (comparative more Chernobylian, superlative most Chernobylian)

  1. (rare) Relating to or resembling the city of Chernobyl or the 1986 nuclear accident that occurred there.
    • Or, to make the thought experiment somewhat more realistic, we might envision a future Chernobylian mishap in some European or Asian setting (a far from incredible scenario), and think about the form such an evacuation might take.1991, Wilbur Zelinsky, Leszek A. Kosiński, The Emergency Evacuation of Cities: A Cross-national Historical and Geographical Study, Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 293

Forms of Chernobylian

comparativemore Chernobylian
superlativemost Chernobylian

Origin of Chernobylian

From Chernobyl + -ian.

Questions about Chernobylian

What does Chernobylian mean?
Chernobylian means relating to or resembling the city of Chernobyl or the 1986 nuclear accident that occurred there.
What part of speech is Chernobylian?
Chernobylian is an adjective.

Words near Chernobylian in the dictionary

  1. Chernihiv
  2. chernikovite
  3. Chernivtsi
  4. Chernobyl
  5. Chernobyl syndrome
  6. Chernobylian
  7. Chernobylic
  8. chernobylite
  9. Chernobyls
  10. Chernoff
  11. Chernoffs

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