Украина
Contents
Bashkir
Proper noun
Украина • (Ukraina)
Komi-Zyrian
Proper noun
Украина • (Ukraina)
Russian
Pronunciation
- Украи́на: IPA(key): [ʊkrɐˈinə]
- (common mispronunciation) Укра́ина: IPA(key): [ʊˈkraɪnə]
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Audio (file)
Proper noun
Украи́на • (Ukraína) f inan (genitive Украи́ны)
- Ukraine (country)
Declension
Usage notes
- Traditionally in English, the proper noun Ukraine has been used with the definite article, the. However, this usage appears to become less common (see References).
- In Russia, Украина is mostly used with the preposition на (na), as in
- In Ukraine, Украина is nowadays mostly used with the preposition в, as in
- The argument for the usage by Ukrainians is that “на Украине” implies that Ukraine is still a part of Russia (or the USSR), which Ukraine left in 1991.
- Укра́ина is a common mispronunciation.
Synonyms
- Малоро́ссия (Maloróssija) or, rarely, Малору́ссия (Malorússija) (both historical, now considered offensive in Ukraine).
- (pejorative) Укро́пия (Ukrópija), Хохлоста́н (Xoxlostán), Хохля́ндия (Xoxljándija)
Derived terms
- украи́нец (ukraínec)
- украи́нка (ukraínka)
- украи́нский (ukraínskij)
Related terms
- окра́ина (okráina)
See also
- Ки́ев (Kíjev)
- Wikipedia article about Ukraine
References
Categories:
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- Bashkir proper nouns
- ba:Countries
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- Komi-Zyrian proper nouns
- kpv:Countries
- Russian 4-syllable words
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- Russian terms with audio links
- Russian lemmas
- Russian proper nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian terms with usage examples
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian pejoratives
- ru:CIS
- ru:Countries
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