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ukraine

English

(wikipedia Ukraine) (Name of Ukraine)

Alternative forms

* Ocraine; Ukrain; Ukrania, Ucrania

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Eastern Europe; was long part of the Russian Empire, then of the Soviet Union. Official name: Ukraine.
  • * (seeCites)

    • 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").

    Related terms

    * Ukrainian * Ukrainian SSR

    See also

    * * * * Little Russia * Ruthenia ----

    kiev

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Kyiv, Kyjiv, Kyyiv, Kief * (obsolete) Kiow, Kiovia, Kiew, Kiou

    Proper noun

    (Kiev) (en proper noun)
  • The capital of Ukraine
  • The medieval principality centred on Kiev; the Kievan state or Kievan Rus
  • Kiev province (oblast ) of Ukraine

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Kiev")

    Synonyms

    * (province) Kiev Oblast, Kyiv Oblast

    Derived terms

    * Kievan * chicken Kiev