Ukraine

Ukraine

U·kraine

 (yo͞o-krān′)

A country of eastern Europe bordering on the Black Sea. Inhabited in early times by Scythians and Sarmatians, it was overrun by a number of conquerors, including Goths and Huns, until the rise of Kiev in the 9th century. The region came under the control of Lithuania in the mid-14th century and later passed to Poland and then to Russia (between 1667 and 1793). After the Russian Revolution an independent republic was proclaimed (1918), but Soviet troops retook control, and in 1922 it became one of the original constituent republics of the USSR, known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Ukraine gained its independence following the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Kiev is the capital and largest city.

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Ukraine

(juːˈkreɪn)

n

(Placename) a republic in SE Europe, on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov: ruled by the Khazars (7th–9th centuries), by Ruik princes with the Mongol conquest in the 13th century, then by Lithuania, by Poland, and by Russia; one of the four original republics that formed the Soviet Union in 1922; unilaterally declared independence in 1990, which was recognized in 1991; annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 not recognized internationally, despite the mainly Russian population voting in favour of it in a referendum. Consists chiefly of lowlands; economy based on rich agriculture and mineral resources and on the major heavy industries of the Donets Basin. Official language: Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken. Religion: believers are mainly Christian. Currency: hryvna. Capital: Kiev. Pop: 44 573 205 (2013 est). Area: 603 700 sq km (231 990 sq miles)

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U•kraine

(yuˈkreɪn, -ˈkraɪn, ˈyu kreɪn)

n.

a republic in S central Europe: a former constituent republic of the U.S.S.R. 49,811,174; 233,090 sq. mi. (603,703 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Ukrainian, U•kra•i•na (u krʌˈyi nə) Formerly, Ukrain′ian So′viet So′cialist Repub′lic.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Ukraine - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century Ukrayina CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 Crimea - a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov capital of the Ukraine, Kiev, Kyyiv - capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino - an industrial city in the Donets Basin Donbas, Donbass, Donets Basin - an industrial region in the Ukraine Chernobyl - a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986) Kharkiv, Kharkov - a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine Odesa, Odessa - a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area Danau, Danube, Danube River - the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube" Dnieper, Dnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles Ukranian - a native or inhabitant of the Ukraine

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Translations

أُوكْرانِيا

Украйна

Ukrajina

Ukraine

Ukraine

Ουκρανία

Ucrania

Ukraina

Ukraine

Ukrajina

Úkraína

Ucraina

ウクライナ

우크라이나

Ukraina

Oekraïne

Ukraina

Ukraina

Ucrânia

Ucraina

Украина

Ukrajina

Ukraina

ประเทศยูเครน

Ukrayna

Україна

nước Ukraine

乌克兰

Ukraine

[juːˈkreɪn] N → Ucrania f

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Ukraine

[juːˈkreɪn] n → Ukraine f

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Ukraine

n the Ukraine → die Ukraine

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Ukraine

[juːˈkreɪn] n → l'Ucraina

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Ukraine

→ أُوكْرانِيا Ukrajina Ukraine Ukraine Ουκρανία Ucrania Ukraina Ukraine Ukrajina Ucraina ウクライナ 우크라이나 Oekraïne Ukraina Ukraina Ucrânia Украина Ukraina ประเทศยูเครน Ukrayna nước Ukraine 乌克兰

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