D0312035 (nē′prō-pə-trôfsk′, dnyē′-) or Dne·pro·pe·trovsk(nĕp′rō-, dnyĭ′prō-) A city of east-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River south-southwest of Kharkiv. Founded in 1787 on the site of a Cossack village, it has a huge iron and steel industry.SeeDnepropetrovskSeeDnepropetrovskThesaurusSeeDnipropetrovsk