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Lyuban

Lyuban proper noun: a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Proper noun (1)

Lyuban

  1. A town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
    • A few times every day, the high-speed train between St. Petersburg and Moscow barrels through the threadbare town of Lyuban.2013 October 13, Ellen Barry, “The Russia Left Behind: A journey through a heartland on the slow road to ruin”, in The New York Times

Proper noun (2)

Lyuban

  1. A town in the Minsk Region, Belarus.
    • According to the EU sanctions, Mr Gutseriev's potash plant is "the largest investment in Belarus, worth $2 billion". The plant is being built near Lyuban, the town that the EU alleges was mooted to be named in his honour.2021 June 27, Robert Mendick, “Russian oligarch with UK property empire escapes sanctions despite links to Belarus dictator”, in The Telegraph

Origin of Lyuban

Borrowed from Russian Люба́нь (Ljubánʹ).

Borrowed from Belarusian Любань (Ljubanʹ).

Questions about Lyuban

What does Lyuban mean?
Lyuban means a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
What part of speech is Lyuban?
Lyuban is a proper noun.

Words near Lyuban in the dictionary

  1. Lytvyn
  2. Lytvynenko
  3. Lytwin
  4. Lytwyn
  5. lytyll
  6. Lyuban
  7. Lyubavichi
  8. Lyubertsy
  9. Lyublyana
  10. Lyubov
  11. Lyudmila

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