English Explanatory Dictionary

Boiko

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of an ethnolinguistic group native to the Carpathians’ Eastern Beskyds who speak a dialect of Rusyn and are thought to descend from the White Croats.
name
  1. The dialect of Rusyn spoken natively by Boiky.
name
  1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бо́йко (Bójko)
  2. Dmytro Viktorovych Boiko (born 1986), Ukrainian sabre fencer

Pronunciation

boiʹkô boiʹkō /ˈbɔɪkɔː/ /ˈbɔɪkəʊ/

Word forms

Boiko Boiky Boikos Boyko

Etymology

From Ukrainian бо́йко (bójko).

Related words

Cossack Hutsul Lemko Litvin Podlashuk Podolian Polishchuk Ruthene Ukrainian
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