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Donbass

Donbass is the alternative spelling of Donbas.

Meaning of Donbas

Proper noun

Donbas

  1. (usually) An industrial region in eastern Ukraine.
  2. (colloquial) The two Russian separatist enclaves, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic.

Origin of Donbass

From Russian Донба́сс (Donbáss), abbreviation of Доне́цкий бассе́йн (Donéckij basséjn, “Donets Basin”), after Доне́ц (Donéc, “Donets River”) + бассе́йн (basséjn, “basin”). Compare Donbas, from Ukrainian.

Questions about Donbass

What is Donbass the alternative spelling of?
Donbass is the alternative spelling of Donbas.

Words near Donbass in the dictionary

  1. donaxine
  2. Donayre
  3. Donbabwe
  4. donbak
  5. Donbas
  6. Donbass
  7. Donboli
  8. donburi
  9. donburis
  10. Doncaster
  11. Doncaster East

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Donbass (page history and authors); Donbas (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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