Merefa

Merefa () is a city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Merefa hosts the administration of Merefa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

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Settlement.name: Merefa
Settlement.native_name: Мерефа
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Мерефа.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Banner of Merefa.png
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms Merefa.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kharkiv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kharkiv Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Merefa urban hromada
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 21202

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Мерефа
Population: 21421
Area: 71.37
Elevation: 102
Official website: merefaotg.gov.ua
Image: Мерефа.jpg
Dialing code: 57

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postal code: 62472
Commons category: Merefa
native label: Мерефа
P8168: Q719182

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Merefa () is a city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Merefa hosts the administration of Merefa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

== Name == Etymologists have not reached a final conclusion, but it is believed that the name originated from the Old Slavic "mьrRs" (to fade), which is derived from the Ukrainian merekhtyty (to flicker; barely visible). Another version is a hydronymic from "merecha" (Ukrainian for forest thicket; dense shrubbery in a swampy lowland), which is based on the Proto-Slavic "merRja" (Ukrainian for swampy place). Among the analogies is also merechytysia (to be seen), which is related to the root mereka ("delusion, ghost") derived from the Proto-Slavic morkъ ().