Mariupol

[mar-ee-oo-puh l; Russian muh-ryi-oo-puh l]

noun

a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.

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Formerly Zhdanov.

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Examples from the Web for mariupol

Contemporary Examples

One man in Donetsk said he visits his parents in Mariupol almost every weekend.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines
Ted Phillips
September 8, 2014
Larger than Mariupol, it boasts an opera house and theater but most stores downtown are closed and few people walk the streets.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines
Ted Phillips
September 8, 2014
Back at the Mariupol checkpoint, a Ukrainian National Guardsmen gave a man with an "old" passport a hard time.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines
Ted Phillips
September 8, 2014
A guardsman told him to get on the bus, and the frontline express drove on again to Mariupol.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines
Ted Phillips
September 8, 2014
Katya Milevski, 18, lives in Donetsk and was taking the trip to Mariupol to give her mother a small dog she carried.
On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines
Ted Phillips
September 8, 2014

Historical Examples

Cereals are exported in large quantities via the Dnieper, the Sevastopol railway, and the port of Mariupol.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2
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British Dictionary definitions for mariupol

Mariupol

noun

a port in SE Ukraine, on an estuary leading to the Sea of Azov. Pop: 485 000 (2005 est)Former name (1948–91): Zhdanov

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