Dni·pro·pe·trovs'k 
(nē′prō-pə-trôfsk, dnyē′-) or Dne·pro·pe·trovsk (nĕp′rō-, dnyĭ′prō-)
(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.