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zakarpattia

/ˌzɑːkɑːrˈpætiə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
za-karpat-tia
IPA
/ˌzɑːkɑːrˈpætiə/
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An oblast in western Ukraine.

name

Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains in then-westernmost of Ukraine, -eastern Slovakia, -southeastern Poland, and -northwestern Romania.

Etymology

From Ukrainian Закарпа́ття (Zakarpáttja, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпа́ти (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ття (-ttja, “denoting a place”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Закарпа́ття

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌzɑːkɑːrˈpætiə/
  • British English: /ˌzækɑːˈpætiə/

Inflected Forms

Zakarpatia (alternative) Zakarpattya (alternative) Zakarpatye (alternative) Zakarpats'ka (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Uzhhorod

Synonyms

Transcarpathia Transcarpatia Transcarpathian Oblast Zakarpatia Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast Zakarpattya Oblast Carpathian Rus Carpathian Ukraine Carpatho-Ukraine Subcarpathia Subcarpathian Rus Subcarpathian Ukraine

Questions

How do you pronounce zakarpattia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌzɑːkɑːrˈpætiə/.
What does zakarpattia mean?
An oblast in western Ukraine.
Where does zakarpattia come from?
From Ukrainian Закарпа́ття (Zakarpáttja, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпа́ти (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ття (-ttja, “denoting a place”).

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