Baranivka (city)
Baranivka is a town and the administrative center of Baranivka Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population:. In 2001 the population was 12,584.
The name, nivka, from the old Slavic language. means swamp, and from eastern Slavic, 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.
