Zakarpattia

English

Zakarpattia Oblast

Alternative forms

• Zakarpatia, Zakarpattya, Zakarpatye, Zakarpats'ka

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌzækɑːˈpætiə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌzɑːkɑːrˈpætiə/

Proper noun

Zakarpattia

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

Synonyms

• (oblast): Transcarpathia, Transcarpatia, Transcarpathian Oblast, Zakarpatia Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Zakarpattya Oblast
• (historical region): Carpathian Rus, Carpathian Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, Subcarpathia, Subcarpathian Rus, Subcarpathian Ukraine, Transcarpathia, Transcarpathian Rus, Transcarpathian Ukraine

Translations

oblast

• Belarusian: Закарпа́цце n (Zakarpáccje), Закарпа́цьце (Zakarpácʹcje)
• Czech: Podkarpatsko n
• German: Transkarpatien n
• Hindi: ज़करपात्त्या m (zakarpāttyā)
• Hungarian: Kárpátalja (hu)
• Marathi: झकरपाट्ट्या (jhakarpāṭṭyā)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Закарпат'є n (Zakarpat'je), Закарпатска обласц f (Zakarpatska oblasc)
• Polish: Zakarpacie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Transcarpátia f
• Romanian: Transcarpatia f
• Russian: Закарпа́тье (ru) n (Zakarpátʹje), Закарпа́тская о́бласть (ru) f (Zakarpátskaja óblastʹ)
• Slovak: Podkarpatsko n
• Ukrainian: Закарпа́ття n (Zakarpáttja), Закарпа́тська о́бласть (uk) f (Zakarpátsʹka óblastʹ)

See also

• Uzhhorod