Ukraine

== English == === Alternative forms === Ucrania, Ukrain, Ukrainia, Ukrania (all obsolete) Ukraina (rare) === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /juːˈkɹeɪn/, /ˈjuːkɹeɪn/ (US) IPA(key): /juːˈkɹeɪn/, /ˈjuːkɹeɪn/, /ʊˈkɹeɪn/, /ˈʊkɹeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn === Proper noun === Ukraine or the Ukraine A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ukraine. ==== Usage notes ==== Since the country's independence in 1991, style guides recommend Ukraine (as in “a musician from Ukraine”), without an article. Previously, the most common usage was the Ukraine (as in “a musician from the Ukraine”). One reason why Ukrainians suggest their country's English name should not be addressed as the Ukraine is due to the Ukraine making it sound like it was a part of Russia, promoting Russian irredentist views or supporting the 2022 Russian war against their country. ==== Meronyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Assamese: ইউক্ৰেইন (iukrein) → Bengali: ইউক্রেন (iukren) → Cherokee: ᏯᎧᏪᏂ (yakaweni), ᏳᎬᎳᎢᏅ (yugvlainv) → Chinese: 烏克蘭 / 乌克兰 (Wūkèlán) → Vietnamese: Ô Khắc Lan → Dhivehi: ޔުކްރެއިން (yuk̊rein̊) → Gujarati: યૂક્રેઇન (yūkreina) → Hawaiian: ʻUkelena → Hindi: यूक्रेन (yūkren) → Kannada: ಯುಕ್ರೇನ್ (yukrēn) → Malay: Ukraine, Ukraina → Malayalam: യുക്രെയിൻ (yukreyiṉ) → Māori: Ūkareinga → Marathi: युक्रेन (yukren) → Nepali: युक्रेन (yukrena) → Odia: ୟୁକ୍ରେନ (yukrena) → Punjabi: ਯੂਕ੍ਰੇਨ (yūkren) → Samoan: 'Iukureini → Sinhalese: යුක්රේන් (yukrēn) → Telugu: ఉక్రెయిన్ (ukreyin) → Thai: ยูเครน (yuu-kreen) → Tigrinya: ዩክረይን (yukräyn) → Tongan: ʻIukuleini → Ukrainian: Юкре́йн (Jukréjn) → Urdu: یُوکْرین (yūkren) → Yoruba: Yukíréènì ==== Translations ==== === See also === breadbasket of Europe Ruthenia Little Russia Ukrainian SSR Countries of the world === References === === Further reading === Ukraine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Ukraine Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea) ==== Related terms ==== ukrainer ukrainsk === See also === == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ukrainian Украї́на (Ukrajína) or Russian Украи́на (Ukraína), from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /y.kʁɛn/ === Proper noun === Ukraine f Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea) ==== Related terms ==== ukrainien Ukrainien ==== Descendants ==== → Khmer: អ៊ុយក្រែន (ʼuykraen) → Lao: ອູກະແລນ (ʼū ka lǣn) → Persian: اوکراین (okrâyn) ==== See also ==== == German == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˌukʁaˈʔiːnə], [ˌukʁaˈiːnə] (in faster speech) IPA(key): [uˈkʁaɪ̯nə] (less common) === Proper noun === die Ukraine f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ukraine) Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea) ==== Usage notes ==== Normally used with the definite article. Very occasionally, Ukraine occurs without a definite article; in such cases a genitive Ukraines may occur. In such usages, the gender is unclear. Even more rarely, a plural Ukrainen may occur. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Kleinrussland (“Little Russia”) (historical) ==== Related terms ==== === See also === Ruthenien (“Ruthenia”) === Further reading === “Ukraine” in Duden online “Ukraine” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Ukraine on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Ukraine === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /juˈkrejn/ [juˈkrejn] (English-based) === Proper noun === Ukraine (Jawi spelling يوکرىين) Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea) Synonym: Ukraina == Swahili == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Ukraine Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea) Synonym: Ukraini