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in reply to a message by Ivayla
From Wikipedia:
The city is named after the chornobyl' grass, or mugwort. The word itself is a combination of chornyi (чорний, black) and byllia (билля, grass blades or stalks), hence it literally means black grass or black stalks.
Sometimes it is erroneously translated as wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
The city is named after the chornobyl' grass, or mugwort. The word itself is a combination of chornyi (чорний, black) and byllia (билля, grass blades or stalks), hence it literally means black grass or black stalks.
Sometimes it is erroneously translated as wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
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