Chernivtsi

geographical name

Cher·niv·tsi chir-ˈnift-sē

variants or Chernovtsy

chir-ˈnȯft-sē

or Romanian Cernauti

ˌcher-nə-ˈüts

-ˈüt-sē

city in western Ukraine on the Prut River near the border with Romania population 259,000

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