As proper nouns the difference between ukraine and zakarpattia
is that ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe; was long part of the Russian Empire, then of the Soviet Union. Official name: Ukraine while Zakarpattia is zakarpattia province (oblast) in western Ukraine.
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.
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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
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* Little Russia
* Ruthenia
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zakarpattia
Alternative forms
* Zakarpatia, Zakarpattya, Zakarpatye
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
Zakarpattia province (oblast ) in western Ukraine.
(historical) Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, southeastern Poland, and northwestern Romania.
Synonyms
* (province) Transcarpathia, Transcarpatia, Transcarpathian Oblast, Zakarpatia Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Zakarpattya Oblast
* (region) Carpathian Rus, Carpathian Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, Subcarpathia, Subcarpathian Rus, Subcarpathian Ukraine, Transcarpathia, Transcarpathian Rus, Transcarpathian Ukraine,
See also
* Uzhhorod