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Doneck

Doneck is the alternative form of Donetsk.

Meaning of Donetsk

Proper noun

Donetsk

  1. (city and raion) A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.
    Synonyms:
    Donetsk City, Aleksandrovka, Yuzovo, Trotsk (1923), Stalin, Yuzivka (1941-1943)
  2. (province) An oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk; former seat: Donetsk (prior to the Donbas War, where Russia occupied and set up puppet countries)
  3. A self-declared country in Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.
    Synonyms:
    Donetsk Oblast, Donechchyna, Stalino Oblast (1938-1941; 1943-1961), Yuzivka Oblast (1941-1943), Gundorovka
  4. A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.

Questions about Doneck

What is Doneck the alternative form of?
Doneck is the alternative form of Donetsk.

Words near Doneck in the dictionary

  1. done without
  2. done wonders
  3. done-zo
  4. Donec'k
  5. Donechchyna
  6. Doneck
  7. doned
  8. donee
  9. donees
  10. Donegal
  11. Donegal Bay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Doneck (page history and authors); Donetsk (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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