Kherson meaning

kĕr-sôn', KHĕr-
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.
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Port in S Ukraine, on the Dnieper near its mouth.
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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”).

Sentence Examples

  • At Kherson it enters its long (40 m.) but shallow estuary, which receives the S.

  • 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.

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