Ruthenian
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- adjective
- /ruːˈθiːniən/
- Since reclaiming our Ruthenian heritage, my family and I have begun every Christmas season with our own version of this ancient celebration.
Examples
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During the festival, we celebrated our Ruthenian heritage with traditional music and dance that our ancestors brought with them.
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Beyond the house, I could see the shapes of the other houses, and even the unpainted wooden dome of a small Ruthenian church.
Fiction book (1991) -
And not many Ruthenian immigrants of my grandmother's generation were prepared to argue about it.
Academic text (1996) -
And so, Andy Warhol was a Byzantine Catholic (or, colloquially, Ruthenian Catholic).
Blog text (24) -
Since there has never been a Ruthenian state in modern history, most of these immigrants simply identified themselves as Ukrainians, Slovaks, or Hungarians upon arriving in the United States.
Academic text (1996) -
It is considerably frustrating that Mr. Warhol was an ardent, believing, and practicing Ruthenian Rite Catholic.
Blog text (24) -
Like the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA (ACROD), the Byzantine Catholic Church uses a Ruthenian recension of the Byzantine Rite.
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Many Ruthenian traditions have been preserved in the local culture, showcasing the unique history of this Eastern European community.
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The Ruthenian language, once widely spoken in the region, has influenced several modern Slavic languages.
Synonyms
Related to the people from the Carpathian region, their language, or culture
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ruthenian = Ruthenia (semi-transparent) = Ruthen + ian
Formed with the productive demonym suffix '-ian' so the relation to the place name is regular, but the place name 'Ruthenia' is relatively obscure to average learners.
Etymology
Ruthenian comes from the old name Rus, used for early East Slavic people, and this became Ruthenia in Latin. So Ruthenian means 'of Ruthenia' and is used for the people, language, or culture of that region.