ukraine
/juːˈkɹeɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.
Example Sentences
- "An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”"
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Ukraina or Russian Украи́на (Ukraína), from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina), which is most commonly taken to have meant "borderland, marches" in this context, though for about a century now Ukrainian scholars have articulated an alternative theory that it meant "region, country, the land around (a given center)" in this context instead. See Name of Ukraine for more.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Украи́на, оукраина
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /juːˈkɹeɪn/
- British English: /juːˈkɹeɪn/
Inflected Forms
the Ukraine (canonical)
Ucrania (alternative, obsolete)
Ukrain (alternative, obsolete)
Ukrainia (alternative, obsolete)
Ukrania (alternative, obsolete)
Ukraina (alternative, rare)