port in S Ukraine, on the Dnepr near its mouth: pop. 365,000
See Kherson in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kĕr-sônˈ, ᴋʜĕr-)
A city of south-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea east-northeast of Odessa. It was founded in 1778 as a naval base. Population: 319,000.