English
Soledar
Soledar comes from Ukrainian Соледа́р.
- UkrainianmodernСоледа́рliterally ‘gift of the salt’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013Soledar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- UkrainianmodernСоледа́рliterally ‘gift of the salt’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013Soledar
Earliest quotation: 2013, Andrew Evans, Donbas: “The salt mines near the village of Soledar, 13km…”
The story
From Ukrainian Соледа́р (Soledár, literally “gift of the salt”).
Every English word from Ukrainian Соледа́р
Today it means
name A city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, containing an extensive salt mine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ukrainian Соледа́р / Soledar