/ Dictionary / Index C Chernobyl: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Cher•no•byl Pronunciation: (chûr-nō'bul Russ. chyir-nô'bil), [key] — n. a city in N Ukraine, 80 mi. NW of Kiev: nuclear-plant accident 1986. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: chernobyl (Thesaurus) Chernigov Chernovtsy Related Content Daily Word Quiz: agitated Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language