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Mariupol

American  
[mar-ee-oo-puhl, muh-ryi-oo-puhl] / ˌmær iˈu pəl, mə ryɪˈu pəl /

noun

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


Mariupol British  
/ məriˈupəlj /

noun

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

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Zui, 13, loved boxing and football and played the latter for a local team in Mariupol.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“Life under occupation was also very hard,” she said, adding that there were often issues with water and electricity in occupied Mariupol.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Dudnyk, 50, who works for the Ukrainian NGO "Voices of Children", also carries her own wounds -- fleeing from her hometown Mariupol, which was occupied by the Russian army after a brutal siege.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Associated Press journalists were documenting the siege of Mariupol, Ukraine, when they learned their names were on a Russian list.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

As an example of the less prosperous colonists, I may mention the Tartar-speaking Greeks in the neighbourhood of Mariupol, on the northern shore of the Sea of Azof.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir