Zakarpattia

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An oblast in western Ukraine.
  2. 2
    Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains in then-westernmost of Ukraine, -eastern Slovakia, -southeastern Poland, and -northwestern Romania. historical

Etymology

From Ukrainian Закарпа́ття (Zakarpáttja, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпа́ти (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ття (-ttja, “denoting a place”).

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