Zakarpatye
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine. alt-of, alternative
- 2 Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains in the west of Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, southeastern Poland, and northwestern Romania. historical
Etymology
From Russian Закарпатье (Zakarpatʹje, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпа́ты (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ье (-ʹje, “denoting a place”).
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