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Molotschna

Molotschna proper noun: a village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1804 in what is now Ukraine.

Proper noun

Molotschna

  1. A village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1804 in what is now Ukraine.

Origin of Molotschna

Via Plautdietsch or German, from Ukrainian Моло́чна (Molóčna), the name of the Molochna River which flows past it.

Questions about Molotschna

What does Molotschna mean?
Molotschna means a village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1804 in what is now Ukraine.
What part of speech is Molotschna?
Molotschna is a proper noun.

Words near Molotschna in the dictionary

  1. Molotov's cocktails
  2. Molotoved
  3. Molotoving
  4. Molotovism
  5. Molotovs
  6. Molotschna
  7. molozonide
  8. molozonides
  9. Molpadia
  10. molpadiid
  11. molpadiids

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