Hnyla Lypa (, ) is a river in

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, a tributary of the

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river. The name literally means "rotten

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" both in Polish and Ukrainian. It runs parallel to the Zolota Lypa river. The river is namesake to the Battle of Gnila Lipa on 29–30 August 1914, where the

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defeated the Austro-Hungarian Army.

Settlements

* Peremyshliany *

Rohatyn Rohatyn (, ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city located on the Hnyla Lypa River in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Rohatyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Popula ...

* Burshtyn

References

External links

Hnyla Lypa
at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia * Kahalo, O.
Hnyla Lypa
'' Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. {{Ukraine-river-stub Rivers of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Rivers of Lviv Oblast