Ukraine

//juːˈkɹeɪn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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.”"

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ukrayina

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"Ukraine shouldn't have disposed of its nuclear weapons."

Etymology

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.

Related phrases

Ukraino-Russianeastern europegrand duchy of lithuanialittle russiarussian empiresoviet unionukrainian ssr

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