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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 ----

    volyn

    English

    (wikipedia Volyn)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Volyn province (oblast ) in northwestern Ukraine.
  • (historical) Volhynia, a historic region between the Prypiat and Buh rivers in northwestern Ukraine and part of Poland (Che?m).

    • Synonyms

    * * (province) Volyn Oblast,

    Related terms

    * Halych-Volyn, * Galicia-Volhynia

    See also

    * Lutsk