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Ukrainian

Ukrainian

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A person from Ukraine
  • noun
  • /juˈkreɪniən/
: ucraniano
  • As a Ukrainian, she took pride in her country's rich history and traditions.
  • Russians and Ukrainians
  • Germans and Ukrainians
  • Poles and Ukrainians

Just speaking to Ukrainians, they're all in.

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Examples

  • Under an archway near the entrance, Aleksander Golitsyn, the Ukrainian, has just come in from outside.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • And so thank God, the Ukrainians surprised everybody.

  • I don't think any Ukrainian now has the same life.

  • At least we know the Ukrainians are involved.

  • - So, why do so many Ukrainians hate Russia so much?

  • But really it's the attitude that the Ukrainians have towards the situation.

  • And millions of Ukrainians, they abandoned fear.

  • I'm not sure I know what Ukrainians eat, but, hell, I'll try anything once.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I'm a tall, middle-aged Ukrainian.

  • Just speaking to Ukrainians, they're all in.

Compounds

A language spoken in Ukraine and by its people around the world

Surface Forms

Ukrainian singular
Ukrainians plural

Morphology

Ukrainian = Ukraine (transparent) = Ukraine + ian

Formed by the productive demonym/language suffix '-ian' attached to the country name 'Ukraine', a derivation readily understandable by learners.

Etymology

Ukrainian comes from the name Ukraine, which comes from an old Slavic word meaning 'borderland' or 'edge', and the ending -ian means 'from', like in Canadian. So a Ukrainian is a person who comes from that land.