Kherson

[ker-sawn, ker-sawn, khyir-sawn]

noun

1. a port in southern Ukraine, on the Dnieper River, on the Black Sea.

Kherson

/ xɪrˈsɔn /

noun

1. a port in S Ukraine on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea: shipyards. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine—Yaroslav Pavlivskiy waved his hands as he sprang from his car, pleading for mercy with the operator of a Russian drone circling overhead as he drove home from a market in the southern city of Kherson.

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Russian drone operators have turned daily life in Kherson into a terrifying gauntlet.

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The youngest victim killed in the region, also known as Kherson, was a 1-year-old boy.

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With a prewar population of over 300,000, Kherson now has about 65,000 residents.

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Residents are now worried that the main highway into Kherson, situated about 13 miles from the front, is too deadly to drive because of the constant drone attacks.

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