Kherson

American

[ker-sawn, ker-sawn, khyir-sawn] / kɛrˈsɔn, ˈkɛrˌsɔn, xyɪrˈsɔn /

noun

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

Kherson British

/ xɪrˈsɔn /

noun

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

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Ukrainian strikes have largely targeted Russian military bases in the peninsula, which borders the partly Russian-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

She fled to the city when Russian forces occupied her native Kherson in the south in 2022.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Since leaving Kherson, she has not even taken her viola out of its case.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The plan also includes freezing the borders of Ukraine's southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions along the current battle lines.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

German forces continued their advance in Ukraine, taking Kherson on March 21 and burning Poltava on March 31.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

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