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Chornobyl

Chornobyl is the alternative spelling of Chernobyl.

Meaning of Chernobyl

Proper noun

Chernobyl

  1. A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
    • 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,[…]1991 July 26, Brad Knickerbocker, “Think Tank on the Efficient Energy Trail”, in Christian Science Monitor
  2. (broadly) The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
    • After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years.
  3. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the location where the accident occurred.
    • Although it no longer produces electricity, many people still work at Chernobyl decommissioning the plant.

See all 4 meanings of Chernobyl

Origin of Chornobyl

Romanization of Ukrainian Чорно́биль (Čornóbylʹ, literally “mugwort”). Doublet of Chernobyl, from the Russian cognate.

Words that rhyme with Chornobyl

Questions about Chornobyl

What is Chornobyl the alternative spelling of?
Chornobyl is the alternative spelling of Chernobyl.

Words near Chornobyl in the dictionary

  1. Chorlton Lane
  2. Chorlton-cum-Hardy
  3. Chorlton-on-Medlock
  4. Chorltons
  5. Chornobaivka
  6. Chornobyl
  7. Chornomorsk
  8. Chorny
  9. choro
  10. choro-
  11. chorochromatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chornobyl (page history and authors); Chernobyl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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