країна

See also: краіна and краина

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic краина (kraina), from Proto-Slavic *krajina. Cognate with Russian краи́на (kraína), Belarusian краі́на (kraína), Polish kraina, Serbo-Croatian кра̏јина / krȁjina, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krɐˈjinɐ]

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Noun

краї́на • (krajína) f inan (genitive краї́ни, nominative plural краї́ни)

1. country, land
2. region

Related terms

• край (kraj)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “країна”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka