Carpatho-Rusyn

noun

A member of an east-Slavic ethnic group of the Carpathian mountains.

Meanings

nounCarpatho-Rusyn (plural Carpatho-Rusyns or Carpatho-Rusyn)

plural Carpatho-Rusyns

  1. A member of an east-Slavic ethnic group of the Carpathian mountains.

    Religion frequently divided East Slavs. By 1924, when the Ukrainians and the Carpatho-Rusyns were given separate Greek Catholic bishops, there were more than 235,000 members of the Ukrainian diocese (headquartered in Philadelphia) and[…]

    2006 November 8, Andrew R. L. Cayton, Richard Sisson, Chris Zacher, The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 237
proper noun
  1. uncountableThe Carpatho-Rusyn language.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

German Karpatorusine, Karpatorusinin
  • Karpatorusineethnic Carpatho-Rusyn
  • Karpatorusininethnic Carpatho-Rusyn
  • KarpatorusinischCarpatho-Rusyn (language)
  • karpatorusinische SpracheCarpatho-Rusyn (language)
Polish Karpatorusin, Karpatorusinka
  • Karpatorusinethnic Carpatho-Rusyn
  • Karpatorusinkaethnic Carpatho-Rusyn
  • język rusińskiCarpatho-Rusyn (language)
Cite this entry
APA

Carpatho-Rusyn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carpatho-Rusyn

MLA

“Carpatho-Rusyn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carpatho-Rusyn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Carpatho-Rusyn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carpatho-Rusyn.

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