Ukrainian

noun

Ukrai·​ni·​an yü-ˈkrā-nē-ən How to pronounce Ukrainian (audio)
 also  -ˈkrī-
1
: a native or inhabitant of Ukraine
2
: the Slavic language of the Ukrainian people
Ukrainian adjective

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At Ukrainian Railways, for example, simply cutting out middlemen from fuel and electricity procurement saved $300 million in one year. Oleksandr Kubrakov, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025 Russian soldiers are locked in a fierce battle to reclaim all of the Kursk region from the Ukrainian Army. Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 The Ukrainian General Staff said Thursday that Russia lost 40,000 troops over the six months of fighting in Kursk – 16,100 of whom were killed. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025 Earlier this month, the film's writer-director Brady Corbet revealed that the Ukrainian AI software company Respeecher had been used to augment Brody and co-star Felicity Jones' brief Hungarian dialogue in the movie. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Ukrainian 

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Ukrainian was in 1823

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“Ukrainian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ukrainian. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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Ukrainian

noun
Ukrai·​ni·​an yü-ˈkrā-nē-ən How to pronounce Ukrainian (audio)
1
: a person born or living in Ukraine
2
: the language of the Ukrainian people
Ukrainian adjective

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