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Definition of Yekaterinburg in English:

Yekaterinburg

proper noun

(also Ekaterinburg)

  • An industrial city in central Russia, in the eastern foothills of the Urals; population 1,323,000 (est. 2008).

    Former name (1924–91) Sverdlovsk

Pronunciation

Yekaterinburg

/yəˈkatrənˌbərɡ/ /jəˈkætrənˌbərɡ/

Origin

Named in honor of Ekaterina, the wife of Peter the Great, who founded the city in 1721.