Kherson Definition

kĕr-sôn, KHĕr-
pronoun

A port city on the Dnieper in Ukraine, administrative centre of Kherson province.

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Kherson province (oblast), in southern Ukraine.
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Origin of Kherson

  • From Russian Херсон (Xersón), named in memory of Ancient Greek colony of Χερσόνησος (Khersonēsos). Compare Russian Херсонес (Xersonés, “the city of Chersonesos”), Old East Slavic Корсунь (Korsún’, “Chersonesos”), Ukrainian Херсон (Xersón, “Kherson”).

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Kherson Sentence Examples

  • In Kovno, Vilna, Mogilev, Grodno, Volhynia, Podolia, Minsk, Vitebsk, Kiev, Bessarabia and Kherson, they constitute, on the average, 12 to 172% of the population, while in the cities and towns of these governments they reach 30 to 59% of the population.

  • The Rumanians (Moldavians) inhabit the governments of Bessarabia, Podolia, Kherson and Ekaterinoslay.

  • On the whole the Novorossian governments (Bessarabia, Kherson, Ekaterinoslav and Taurida) exhibit the greatest variety of population.

  • The average allotment in Kherson is only 0.90 acre, and for allotments from 2.9 to 5.8 acres the peasants pay 5 to 10 roubles of redemption tax.

  • Beetroot (6-8 million tons annually) for sugar is especially cultivated in Poland, the governments of Kiev, Podolia, Volhynia, Kharkov, Bessarabia and Kherson.

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