Ukrainian
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- noun
- /juˈkreɪniən/
- The An-225's name, Mriya, means "Dream" (Inspiration) in Ukrainian.
- speak Ukrainian
- business in Ukrainian
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Watch on YouTubeBut I wasn't speaking Ukrainian and I wasn't speaking Russian.
- But I wasn't speaking Ukrainian and I wasn't speaking Russian.
- And that was that was a transliteration from Russia in Ukrainian it's Kyiv.
- He doesn't know Ukrainian, he doesn't know Russian, but he knows how to play golf.
- In the Ukraine, people are being compelled to give up Russian and to start speaking Ukrainian.
- I speak Russian, Russian, but not Germany, Ukrainian, no.
Examples
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I don't speak Ukrainian.
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Moreover, data were collected via an online application in Ukrainian at IFNU and in English at BSMA, which limited access to those without the requisite language skills and Internet connectivity.
Academic text (2018) -
Few could read Russian; my guess is that none knows Ukrainian.
Academic text (2015) -
I'm sorry, I don't speak Ukrainian.
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But I wasn't speaking Ukrainian and I wasn't speaking Russian.
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Kyiv, for instance, has desired to replace its famous English name with the more Ukrainian "Kyiv," which reflects the Ukrainian rather than the Russian spelling.
Academic text (2008) -
A gifted polyglot, Mazeppa was fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Italian, Tata, German and Latin.
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Many Ukrainians are proud to speak Ukrainian as their first language.
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During the meeting, the speakers used Ukrainian to communicate effectively.
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She learned Ukrainian so she could better connect with her heritage.
Synonyms
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4.0
A language spoken in Ukraine and by its people around the world
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ukrainian for the language is named after Ukraine, whose name came from an old Slavic word meaning 'borderland' or 'edge', and the ending -ian means 'from', as in Italian. So Ukrainian is the language spoken by the people of that land.