Donbas

IPA(Pronunciation)

usually with-definite-article colloquial without definite article

(usually with definite article) An industrial region in eastern Ukraine.

Japanese Meaning

東ウクライナにある工業地域。

The mines and steelworks of the Donbas have shaped eastern Ukraine's economy for generations.

ドネツ盆地の炭鉱と製鉄所は何世代にもわたり東ウクライナの経済を形作ってきた。

Sense（1）

(usually with definite article) An industrial region in eastern Ukraine.

Sense（2）

(colloquial, without definite article) The two Russian separatist enclaves, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic.