Noun: Chernobyl chur'now-bûl or chur'nó-bul
- A city in northern Ukraine, site of a catastrophic nuclear power plant disaster on April 26, 1986
"The Chernobyl disaster led to widespread radioactive contamination"
Derived forms: Chernobyls
Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Chernobyl, Ukraine