I-Donbas isho isifunda esisempumalanga ye-Ukraine esifaka izingxenye zesifunda sase-Donetsk nese-Luhansk. Igama elithi "Donbas" lisuselwa ekuhlanganisweni kwamagama amabili esiRashiya - "Don" abhekisela kumfula iDon, kanye ne "bas" okusho "isitsha" noma "isigodi". Ngakho, igama elithi "Donbas" ngokwezwi nezwi lisho "isigodi soMfula iDon".
