Dnipropetrovs'k
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Dni·pro·pe·trovs'k
(nē′prō-pə-trôfsk′, dnyē′-) or Dne·pro·pe·trovsk (nĕp′rō-, dnyĭ′prō-) 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.
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