Baranivka (city)

Baranivka (, , , "Baranivke") is a town and the administrative center of Baranivka Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: . In 2001 the population was 12,584.
The name, (BARA)nivka, from the old Slavic language. means "swamp", and from eastern Slavic, (BARAN)ivka, -- a ram of ovis. The Slavic meaning of the word is given not coincidentally as the town is located in close proximity to the Prypiat Marshes.
In Zhytomyr Oblast, between Novohrad-Volynskyi and Korosten, there is another small town of Barashi, about 50 km northeast from Baranivka.