Zakarpatye

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine. alt-of, alternative
  2. 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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