Etymology

Zakarpattia

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Today it means: An oblast in western Ukraine. Full definition →

Ukrainian Закарпа́ття
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromЗакарпа́ття“Transcarpathia”
  2. English todayZakarpattia

From Ukrainian Закарпа́ття (Zakarpáttja, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпа́ти (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ття (-ttja, “denoting a place”).

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