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Izmail.

A city, the administrative centre of Izmail urban hromada and Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589.

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name/izməˈjiːl/
  1. A city, the administrative centre of Izmail urban hromada and Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. A former oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in August 1940, annexed to Odesa Oblast in February 1954.

  2. A city, the administrative centre of Izmail urban hromada and Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. A former miskrada of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, superseded by Izmail urban hromada in June 2020; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Izmail.

  3. A city, the administrative centre of Izmail urban hromada and Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. A raion of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, established in November 1940, considerably enlarged in July 2020.

  4. A city, the administrative centre of Izmail urban hromada and Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1589. An urban hromada of Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Izmail.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ukrainian Ізмаї́л (Izmajíl). The city was named after Ottoman Turkish اسماعیلیه (İsmailiye), referring to the Ottoman vizier Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha. Ultimately from Arabic الإسماعيلية (al-ʔismāʕīliyya).

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