Kherson

American

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

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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Kherson

The same happened to the large, modern Oles Honchar Library in the city of Kherson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

In the capital Kyiv, Zelensky said an infectious diseases hospital was hit, while strikes on the frontlines cities of Kherson and Kharkiv caused power outages.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

In the first year of the invasion, after Russian forces overran his home city of Kherson, Oleksiy Sivak hung up a Ukrainian flag on the country’s independence day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

In November 2022, the Ukrainian army retook Kherson.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

The remote and inaccessible position of the little republic of Kherson, preserved its independence during all these early barbarian invasions.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell

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