Gomel (Belarusian: Го́мель, translit.: Homyel’, Łacinka: Homiel, pronounced [ˈɣomʲelʲ], Russian: Го́мель, translit.: Gomel, pronounced [ˈɡomʲɪlʲ],Polish: Homel, Yiddish: Homl ,האָמל, Lithuanian: Gomelis, Latvian: Gomeļa) is the administrative center of Gomel Voblast and the second-largest city in Belarus. It has a population of 515,325 (2013 census) and its area is 135.3 km2.
There are at least six versions of the origin of the city’s name. One of the best known is that the name is derived from the name of the Gomeyuk stream, which flowed into the Sozh river near the foot of the hill where the first settlement was founded. Other Belarusian cities’ names are formed on these lines: for example, Minsk’s name is derived from the river Menka, Polotsk’s – from the Palata river, Vitebsk’s – from the Vitba river. In historical sources from 1142 to the 16th century Gomel is named as Gom', Gomye, Gomiy, Gomey, Gomyi. These forms are tentatively explained as derivatives of an unattested *gomŭ of uncertain meaning. The modern form of the city’s name has been used only since the 16th–17th centuries.
Gomel is a city in Belarus.
Gomel may also refer to:
Dices que no hay motivos
y que siempre me has querido.
Pero veo que te vas,
siento que te he perdio.
Sin echar la vista atras
con la maleta entre tus manos
vas subiendo en ese tren
que te aparta de mi lado.
Y besame una vez más
antes de marcharte,
y cuentame cuanto tiempo necesitare
para olvidarte,
si lo eres todo para mi.
Y cuentame cuanto tiempo necesitare
para olvidarte
si te querré hasta morir