Chernihiv

American  

[cher-ni-hiv, cher-nee-heev] / ˈtʃɛr nɪ hɪv, tʃɛrˈni hiv /

Also Chernigiv

1. a city in northern Ukraine, on the Desna River.

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Example Sentences

The Chernihiv city resident spoke in matter-of-fact terms about a night filled with the low whine of Iranian-designed Shahed drones, a sound now being increasingly heard far from the war's front lines.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

"The hero city of Chernihiv did not give up and is not going to give up. Morale is high."

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

To ease pressure on residents, Chernihiv has opened a network of “resilience centers,” where people can come to charge devices or warm up when their homes are without power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Tetiana Torba was one of several residents sitting at a resilience center in a northern district of Chernihiv one evening this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

With little known about her wider backstory, several newspapers reported on Friday that her grandfather was Constantine Dobrowolski, who defected from Soviet Russia's Red Army to become the Nazis' chief informant in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025