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Baranivka (city)
Baranivka (, , , Baranivke) is a town and the administrative center of Baranivka Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: . In 2001 the population was 12,584.
The name, (BARA)nivka, from the old Slavic language means swamp, and from eastern Slavic, (BARAN)ivka, -- an ovis. The Slavic meaning of the word is given not coincidentally as the town is located in close proximity to the Prypiat marshes.
In Zhytomyr Oblast, between Novohrad-Volynskyi and Korosten, there is another small town of Barashi, about 50 km northeast from Baranivka.
Baranivka
Baranivka may refer to:
- Baranivka (city), a city in Zhytomyr Oblast
- Baranivka, Shyshaky Raion, Poltava Oblast, a village in Shyshatskyi District of Poltava Oblast