Definitions

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  • proper noun A city in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine, administrative centre of Zakarpattia province (oblast).

Etymologies

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Ukrainian Ужгород (Úžhorod), from Уг (Uh), Уж (Už, "Uzh River") + город (hórod, "walled town, garden").

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Examples

  • Investigators discovered a mass grave for 200 Jews in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, which is on the country's border with Slovakia.

    J. Weekly 2009

  • Investigators discovered a mass grave for 200 Jews in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, which is on the country's border with Slovakia.

    J. Weekly 2009

  • Eastern Catholic bishops from 14 countries in Europe met recently in Ukraine, in Uzhhorod in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo from May 12 to 14, 2009.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr) note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in parentheses

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Volyn '(Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr) note: names in parentheses are administrative centers when name differs from oblast 'name

    The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • (Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Volyn '(Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Farah spent 2.5 months living in Uzhhorod, renting a tiny apartment with eight other Somali refugees and, he said, suffering nearly daily police abuse.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Farah spent 2.5 months living in Uzhhorod, renting a tiny apartment with eight other Somali refugees and, he said, suffering nearly daily police abuse.

    FOXNews.com 2010

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