Zakarpatye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

Alternative form of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine.
Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains in the west of Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, southeastern Poland, and northwestern Romania.

Word forms

Zakarpatye Zakarpatia Zakarpattya Zakarpattia Zakarpats'ka

Etymology

From Russian Закарпатье (Zakarpatʹje, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпа́ты (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ье (-ʹje, “denoting a place”).

Synonyms

Carpathian Rus Carpathian Ukraine Carpatho-Ukraine Subcarpathia Subcarpathian Rus Subcarpathian Ukraine Transcarpathia Transcarpathian Rus Transcarpathian Ukraine Transcarpatia Transcarpathian Oblast Zakarpatye Oblast Zakarpatia Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast Zakarpattya Oblast

Related words

Uzhgorod Uzhhorod

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