Ukraine.
A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.
Meaning & usage
A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Balto-Slavic *au Proto-Slavic *u Proto-Slavic *u- Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁-eye-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *krájīˀtei Proto-Slavic *krojiti? Proto-Indo-European *krey-der.? Proto-Slavic *kràjь Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Proto-Slavic *ukrajina Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina)der. Polish Ukrainabor. ▲ Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina) Russian Украи́на (Ukraína)bor. English Ukraine 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.
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