tryzub

Example Sentences

• "All princes of the Kievan period had a common heraldic emblem: the Trident (Tryzub), which in various forms can be traced all the way to the second century of the new era, as archeological findings show."
• "The community jumped on the group [a band]. […] Many have been trivial criticisms: directed at their use of English lyrics; their ostensible desecration of Ukrainian music (such as the punked up versions of Ногу, Ногу and Volya, and their use of a tryzub in the Pyrih logo – a punker kozak in dark glasses puffing on a pipe."
• "The tryzub, which literally means "trident," is the Ukrainian national symbol and is by far the most common design found on the stones [in American cemeteries]. […] Other tryzubs have an upward pointed sword for the central part of the trident. The most common form of the tryzub is made of intertwined lines forming a never-ending loop. Many tryzubs are part of various emblems, such as the emblem for the Ukrainian National Republic of 1918 and emblems for various Ukrainian military divisions."
• "From flag-toting pedestrians, to bumperstickers, to makeshift fliers, to buttons (znachki), the national symbol of Ukraine, the tryzub, and the Ukrainian blue-and-yellow flag were everywhere apparent."
• "Now that Ukraine is an independent nation, the government and people are reviving Ukraine's traditions. One of these traditions is the symbol of the tryzub, or trident—a three-pronged spear. According to Ukraine's Constitution, the national emblem is a gold trident on a blue background. This symbol has been used in Ukraine since the first century a.d. Later, princes of Ukraine sealed important papers with the trident symbol."
• "The tryzub, or "trident," originated as the royal crest of Ukrainian Grand Prince Volodymyr in the 10th century. […] It was adopted as the national seal of Ukraine in 1991 upon the declaration of Ukrainian independence after the dissolution of the USSR. Here Volodymyr's tryzub with a cross was refurbished […] and was reattached to the Ukrainian Hall of SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Carnegie."