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Ukrainian, a. and n.|juːˈkreɪnɪən|
[f. Ukraine, an extensive district in the south of Russia, ad. Polish Ukraina or Russ. Ukraĭna, specific use of ukraĭna border, frontier, marches, f. u- at, beside + kraĭ edge, brink, etc.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Ukraine.
B. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the Ukraine.
b. The Slavonic language spoken in the Ukraine; formerly also called Malo-Russian, Ruthenian.
1804M. Wilmot Jrnl. 12 Aug. in Londonderry & Hyde Russian Jrnls. (1934) i. 124 His dress a jacket lin'd with Ukrainian sheeps' skin. 1816Gentl. Mag. March 212 The so much vaunted liberty of the Ukrainian Kozaks. 1823[Robertson & Byerley] Percy Anecd. XIII. ii. 79 Ukrainian Singers. Ibid., The sweetness and unlimited combination and range of the voice of the Ukrainians. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 80/2 In western Russia, printing in Ukrainian is prohibited, and ‘Russification’ is being carried on among Ukrainians by the same means as those employed in Poland. |