Ter·no·pil' 
(tĕr-nōpēl) or Ter·no·pol (-pəl)
(tĕr-nōpēl) or Ter·no·pol (-pəl) A city of western Ukraine west-southwest of Kiev. Founded in 1540, it passed to Austria in 1772 and was held by Poland from 1920 until 1939, when it was annexed by the USSR.