(nēˌprō-pə-trôfskˈ, dnyēˌ-) or Dne·pro·pe·trovsk(nĕpˌrō-, dnyĭˌprō-)
A city of east-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River south-southwest of Kharkiv. Founded in 1787 on the site of a Cossack village, it has a huge iron and steel industry. Population: 1,060,000.