Ukraine
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//juːˈkɹeɪn//
- United States//juːˈkɹeɪn//
A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.
proper noun
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A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.
An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Balto-Slavic *au Proto-Slavic *u Proto-Slavic *u- Old East Slavic оу- (u-) Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁-eye-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *krájīˀtei Proto-Slavic *krojiti? Proto-Indo-European *krey-der.? Proto-Slavic *kràjь Old East Slavic краи (krai) Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Old East Slavic -ина (-ina) ▲ Proto-Slavic *u- ▲ Proto-Slavic *kràjь ▲ Proto-Slavic *-ina Proto-Slavic *ukràjina? Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina)der. Polish Ukrainabor. ▲ Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina) Russian Украи́на (Ukraína)bor. English Ukraine Borrowed from Polish Ukraina or Russian Украи́на (Ukraína), from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina), which is most commonly taken to have meant "borderland, marches" in this context, though for about a century now Ukrainian scholars have articulated an alternative theory that it meant "region, country, the land around (a given center)" in this context instead. See Name of Ukraine for more.
Ukraine · A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.
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