Черно́быль — meaning in English

English meaning

• Chernobyl name A city in northern Ukraine, largely abandoned since the 1986 nuclear disaster there.
• wormwood noun A very bitter herb used in medicine and in making absinthe and vermouth.

Senses

Черно́быль is used for these senses in English:

• Chernobyl A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
• mugwort Artemisia vulgaris, traditionally used medicinally.
• wormwood An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

Chernobyl — full definition

1. name A city in northern Ukraine, largely abandoned since the 1986 nuclear disaster there.
2. name The 1986 nuclear accident and its aftermath.
3. noun By extension, any disastrous nuclear accident.

wormwood — full definition

1. noun A very bitter herb used in medicine and in making absinthe and vermouth.
2. noun Something that causes bitterness, grief, or resentment.

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