A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro.
kherson
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kherson.
Editorial note
Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol were captured because pro Russian rats sabotaged mine defenses in Kherson oblast.
Quick take
A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of kherson gathered in one view.
An oblast in southern Ukraine. Seat: Kherson.
A raion of Kherson, Ukraine. Seat: Kherson. It is also illicitly claimed by Russia.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for kherson.
noun
A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro.
noun
An oblast in southern Ukraine. Seat: Kherson.
noun
A raion of Kherson, Ukraine. Seat: Kherson. It is also illicitly claimed by Russia.
Example sentences
Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol were captured because pro Russian rats sabotaged mine defenses in Kherson oblast.
And the atrocity screaming breaks down fast, nobody cares about the Russians doing human safaris in kherson.
Several countries in Europe have more Russians in their population than the Kherson oblast (<14%), which Russia officially annexed.
This fits nicely with the pre-war polls that showed support ranging from 1% in Kherson to 13% in Luhansk.
Second, Russia demands ceding all of Zaporizhzha, Kherson and Donetsk region to Russian control.
Zaporizhzha and Kherson cities where most population lives are under Ukrainian control.
Another point, Kherson and Zaporizhzha consistently, even before 2022, voted for pro-EU parties, in two parliamentary and two presidential elections.
Crimea, Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Kherson Oblast, Zaporozhskaya Oblast are now parts of Russia.
The Kherson human safari leaves no other option to anyone.
Retreating from Kherson Russians stole raccoon from the zoo there.
Not true, prior to 2022 February Russia controlled small parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, now they control them almost entirely, as well as good chunks of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts.
The Russians had to abandon Kherson because there was a river in the way and have had to abandon most of the black sea because Ukraine sinks their boats with missiles and drones.
Quote examples
One of the top comments was essentially a dismissal from Kherson edited to an "oh shit."
Kherson oblast is for the land bridge to Crimea And Odessa and Mykolaiv oblasts are for the next obvious "land bridge" to Transnistria, and so forth.
You have the sides reversed: Russia pulled back on both flanks (Kharkiv and Kherson) to preserve men, while Ukraine grindered men in Bakhmut and Kursk and the “summer offensive”.
Proper noun examples
For example, Kherson, one of the four officially annexed regions of Ukraine, is 82% Ukrainian and only 14% Russian.
Russia is literally doing human safari with drones hunting down civilians in Kherson.
Also few border cities occupied (Kherson, Energodar, where Nuclear Power Plant placed), because Ukrainian military avoid to conduct serious city battles, to avoid huge civilian casualties.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use kherson in a sentence?
Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol were captured because pro Russian rats sabotaged mine defenses in Kherson oblast.
What does kherson mean?
A port city, a municipal and regional administrative centre of Kherson raion, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, located on the Dnieper/Dnipro.
What part of speech is kherson?
kherson is commonly used as noun.