# Donbas

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɒnbæs/ · frequency rank #69,006

## Definitions
1. An industrial region in eastern Ukraine.
2. The two Russian separatist enclaves, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic.

## Etymology
From Ukrainian Донба́с (Donbás), abbreviation of Доне́цький басе́йн (Donécʹkyj baséjn, “Donets Basin”), after Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “Donets River”) + басе́йн (baséjn, “basin”). Compare Donbass, from Russian.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/donbas