Meanings
alternative obsolete Ucrania · alternative obsolete Ukrain · alternative obsolete Ukrainia · alternative obsolete Ukrania · alternative rare Ukraina
- A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.
An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”
2023 March 24, Rhea Mogul, “Russia can’t meet India arms deliveries due to Ukraine war, Indian Air Force says”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Balto-Slavic*au
- Proto-Slavic*u
- Proto-Slavic*u-
- Proto-Indo-European*krey-
- Proto-Indo-European*kreh₁y-
- Proto-Indo-European*kroh₁y-
- Proto-Indo-European*kroyh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kroyh₁-eye-ti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic*krájīˀtei
- Proto-Slavic*krojiti?
- Proto-Indo-European*krey-der.?
- Proto-Slavic*kràjь
- Proto-Slavic*ukrajina
- Old East Slavicоукраина (ukraina)
- PolishUkraina
- Old East Slavicоукраина (ukraina)
- RussianУкраи́на (Ukraína)
- EnglishUkraine
Borrowed from Polish Ukraina or Russian Украи́на (Ukraína), from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina), which is most commonly taken to have meant "borderland, marches" in this context, though for about a century now Ukrainian scholars have articulated an alternative theory that it meant "region, country, the land around (a given center)" in this context instead. See Name of Ukraine on Wikipedia for more.
More words from Polish, Russian, Old East Slavic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Oekraïne
- Oekraïnecountry in Eastern Europe
Ancient Greek Σαρματία
- Σαρματία (Sarmatía)country in Eastern Europe
Arabic أُوكْرَانِيَا
- أُوكْرَانِيَا (ʔukrāniyā)country in Eastern Europe
Basque Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Bengali ইউক্রেন
- ইউক্রেন (iukren)country in Eastern Europe
Bulgarian Укра́йна
- Укра́йна (Ukrájna)country in Eastern Europe
Catalan Ucraïna
- Ucraïnacountry in Eastern Europe
Chinese Cantonese 烏克蘭 /乌克兰
- 烏克蘭 /乌克兰 (wu¹ hak¹ laan⁴)country in Eastern Europe
Chinese Mandarin 烏克蘭 /乌克兰
- 烏克蘭 /乌克兰 (Wūkèlán)country in Eastern Europe
Czech Ukrajina
- Ukrajinacountry in Eastern Europe
Danish Ukraine
- Ukrainecountry in Eastern Europe
Dutch Oekraïne
- Oekraïnecountry in Eastern Europe
Esperanto Ukrainio, Ukrainujo
- Ukrainiocountry in Eastern Europe
- Ukrainujocountry in Eastern Europe
- Ukrajnocountry in Eastern Europe
Estonian Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Finnish Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
French Ukraine
- Ukrainecountry in Eastern Europe
German Ukraine
- Ukrainecountry in Eastern Europe
Greek Ουκρανία
- Ουκρανία (Oukranía)country in Eastern Europe
Hawaiian ʻUkelena
- ʻUkelenacountry in Eastern Europe
Hebrew אוּקְרָאִינָה
- אוּקְרָאִינָה (ukraína)country in Eastern Europe
Hindi यूक्रेन
- यूक्रेन (yūkren)country in Eastern Europe
Hungarian Ukrajna
- Ukrajnacountry in Eastern Europe
Icelandic Úkraína
- Úkraínacountry in Eastern Europe
Indonesian Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Irish An Úcráin
- An Úcráincountry in Eastern Europe
Italian Ucraina
- Ucrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Japanese ウクライナ
- ウクライナ (Ukuraina)country in Eastern Europe
Korean 우크라이나
- 우크라이나 (Ukeuraina)country in Eastern Europe
Latin Ucraina
- Ucrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Latvian Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Lithuanian Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Malay Ukraine
- Ukrainecountry in Eastern Europe
Māori Ūkareinga
- Ūkareingacountry in Eastern Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Polish Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Portuguese Ucrânia
- Ucrâniacountry in Eastern Europe
Punjabi ਯੂਕ੍ਰੇਨ, یُوکْرین
- ਯੂਕ੍ਰੇਨ (yūkren)country in Eastern Europe
- یُوکْرین (yūkren)country in Eastern Europe
Romanian Ucraina
- Ucrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Russian Украи́на
- Украи́на (Ukraína)country in Eastern Europe
Scottish Gaelic An Ucràin
- An Ucràincountry in Eastern Europe
Slovak Ukrajina
- Ukrajinacountry in Eastern Europe
Spanish Ucrania
- Ucraniacountry in Eastern Europe
Swahili Ukraini, Ukraine
- Ukrainicountry in Eastern Europe
- Ukrainecountry in Eastern Europe
Swedish Ukraina
- Ukrainacountry in Eastern Europe
Tagalog Ukranya
- Ukranyacountry in Eastern Europe
Tamil உக்ரைன்
- உக்ரைன் (ukraiṉ)country in Eastern Europe
Thai ยูเครน
- ยูเครน (yuu-kreen)country in Eastern Europe
Turkish Ukrayna
- Ukraynacountry in Eastern Europe
Ukrainian Украї́на, Вкраї́на
- Украї́на (Ukrajína)country in Eastern Europe
- Вкраї́на (Vkrajína)country in Eastern Europe
Urdu یُوکْرین, یُوکْرائِن
- یُوکْرین (yūkren)country in Eastern Europe
- یُوکْرائِن (yūkrāin)country in Eastern Europe
Vietnamese U-crai-na, U-cờ-ren
- U-crai-nacountry in Eastern Europe
- U-cờ-rencountry in Eastern Europe
- Uy Kiêncountry in Eastern Europe
- Ô Khắc Lancountry in Eastern Europe
Welsh Wcráin, Ukrain
- Wcráincountry in Eastern Europe
- Ukraincountry in Eastern Europe
Yiddish אוקראַיִנע
- אוקראַיִנע (ukraine)country in Eastern Europe
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Ukraine
Cite this entry
Ukraine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ukraine
“Ukraine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ukraine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ukraine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ukraine.
Source: Ukraine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.