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chernobyl

/t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/

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What does chernobyl mean?

noun

  1. A major nuclear-energy accident.

proper noun

  1. A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
  2. The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
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proper noun

  1. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the location where the accident occurred.
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/t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/

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