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Noun: Chernobyl  chur'now-bûl or chur'nó-bul
  1. A city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986)

Derived forms: Chernobyls

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Ukraine, Ukrayina

Encyclopedia: Chernobyl