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I recently noticed in an article about Chernobyl that it was spelled Chornobyl. I conjecture that this is because the site is in Ukraine and the Ukranian language has chorno- meaning dark, whereas Russian has cherno-. (Which would mean that the folk song "Ochyii Chornya" - Dark Eyes - {forgive my barbaric spelling!} is a Ukranian one not a Russian one as usually assumed in the US).
It seems ahistorical to me to make this change at this late date.
Can anyone more expert in these languages than I comment on this?
It seems ahistorical to me to make this change at this late date.
Can anyone more expert in these languages than I comment on this?
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