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Cher⋅kas⋅sy

[chur-kah-see, -kas-ee; Russ. chyir-kahs-si]
–noun
a city in central Ukraine, on the Dnieper River, SE of Kiev. 287,000.
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Cher·ka·sy or Cher·kas·sy   (chər-kä'sē)   
A city of central Ukraine on the Dnieper River south-southeast of Kiev. It was an important Cossack outpost before passing to Russia in the 1790s. Population: 293,000.
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