Donbas
industrial region in southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia
The Donbas or Donbass (UK: /dɒnˈbɑːs/,[1] US: /ˈdɑːnbɑːs, dʌnˈbæs/;[2][3] Ukrainian: Донба́с [donˈbɑs];[4] Russian: Донба́сс) is a historical, cultural, and economic region between Russia and Ukraine, who are fighting each other over who owns the region in the Russo-Ukrainian War. It includes the Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast.
The word Donbas is a portmanteau word made from Donets Basin, an abbreviation of "Donets Coal Basin".[5]
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change- ↑ "Donbas". Lexico UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ↑ "Donbas". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ↑ "Donbas". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ↑ "Donets Basin – region, Europe". Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- ↑ Dmitry Vortman, Донбасс – единственная часть Украины, возникшая из промышленного региона, June 23, 2018, Radio Liberty (in Russian)
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