Ukrainianadj.n.
/juːˈkreɪnɪən/, /jᵿˈkreɪnɪən/, U.S. /juˈkreɪniən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Ukraine.
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1804 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 12 Aug. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 124 His dress a jacket lin'd with Ukrainian sheeps' skin.
1816 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 212 The so much vaunted liberty of the Ukrainian Kozaks.
1823 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd. XIII. ii. 79 Ukrainian Singers.
B. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Ukraine.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of other European countries > [noun]
Georgian?a1425
Russian1538
Podolian1603
Lithuanian1607
Crimean1768
Ukrainera1815
Ukrainian1823
Latvian1941
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > states or provinces
Albanianc1400
Georgian?a1425
Armenian?1520
Moldave1552
Permian1555
Anatolian1588
Podolian1603
Lithuanian1607
Livonian1652
Zemblan1674
Zemblian1674
Siberian1719
Kurile1764
Crimean1768
Ukrainera1815
Ukrainian1823
Bessarabian1835
Sibiriak1903
Latvian1941
1823 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd. XIII. ii. 79 The sweetness and unlimited combination and range of the voice of the Ukrainians.
b. The Slavonic language spoken in Ukraine; formerly also called Malo-Russian, Ruthenian.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavonic > Ukrainian
Little Russian1826
Malo-Russian1862
Ukrainian1886
1886 Encycl. 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.
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