a city in E Ukraine: the chief industrial centre of the Donbass; first ironworks founded by a Welshman, John Hughes (1872), after whom the town was named Yuzovka (Hughesovka). Pop: 992 000 (2005 est)
Former names (from 1924 until 1961): Stalin, Stalino
Donetsk in American English
(dɔˈnjɛtsk)
city in SE Ukraine, in the Donets Basin: pop. 1,121,000