Homyel'

Homyel'
Ho·myel' (hōʹmyĕl) or Go·mel (gōʹməl, -myĕl)
A city of southeast Belarus north of Kiev, Ukraine. First mentioned in 1142, it was controlled alternately by Lithuania and Poland before passing to Russia in 1772. Population: 503,000.

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  • Homyel' — Original name in latin Homyel’ Name in other language GOMEL , Gomel, Gomel , Gomela, Gomelis, Gomel’, Gomea, Gmel, Homel, Homiel, Homyel , Homyel’, homeri, homyel, hwml, ГОМЕЛЬ, Гомел, Гомель State code BY Continent/City Europe/Minsk longitude 52 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Homyel — Russian Homel City (pop., 2001 est.: 490,000), capital of Homyel province, southeastern Belarus. First mentioned in AD 1142 as Gomy, it passed to Lithuania in the 14th century and later to Poland; it was acquired by Russia in 1772. In the late… …   Universalium

  • Homyel'skaya Voblasts' — Admin ASC 1 Code Orig. name Homyelʼskaya Voblastsʼ Country and Admin Code BY.02 BY …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

  • Homyel'ski Rayon — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Homyel’ski Rayon Country and Admin Code BY.02.628280 BY …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

  • Homyel' — or Gomel or Homel geographical name city SE Belarus population 503,300 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Homyel' — Homiel Гомель (Belarusian), Gomel Гомель (Russian), Homl האָמל (Yiddish), Homel (German, Polish), Homiel (Romanian) …   Names of cities in different languages

  • Homyel — noun industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk • Syn: ↑Homel, ↑Gomel • Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center • Part Holonyms: ↑Belarus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Horad Homyel' — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Horad Homyel’ Country and Admin Code BY.02.828892 BY …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

  • Гомель — (Homyel, прежн. назв. Gomel)Homyel, промышленный город в юго зап. Белоруссии (Республика Беларусь), на р.Сож; 506100 жителей (1990). Развито производство ж. д. техники, сельскохозяйственных машин, обуви и электротоваров …   Страны мира. Словарь

  • Homiel Raion — Homyel Raion is an administrative subdivision, a raion of Homiel Voblast, in Belarus …   Wikipedia

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