Ukraineとは

別の表記

• Ukrain, Ukrania, Ucrania (廃れた用法)

語源

1651 Ukrain, 1671 Ukraine, 1688 Ucrania, Ukrania, 1762 Ocraine. Adaptation of Polish Ukraina, Russian Украи́на (Ukraína), or Ukrainian Украї́на (Ukrajína), from the specific use, originally meaning “borderland”, “marches” or “insideland”. From Old East Slavic ѹкраина (ukraina), from оу (u, “at”) + краи (krai, “edge”), or край (kraj, “land”). Details in Wikipedia: Name of Ukraine.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /juːˈkɹeɪn/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /juˈkɹeɪn/, /ˈjuˌkɹeɪn/, [ju̟ˈkɹeɪ̯n], [ˈjuˌkɹeɪ̯n]
• 韻: -eɪn

固有名詞

Ukraine

2. A country in Eastern Europe; was long part of the Russian Empire, then of the Soviet Union.
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Ukraine.

使用する際の注意点

Since the country's independence in 1991, style guides recommend Ukraine (as in “a musician from Ukraine”), without an article. Previously, the most common usage was the Ukraine (as in “a musician from the Ukraine”).^[1]

関連する語

• Ukrainian
• Ukrainian SSR

参考

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world
• Appendix:Place names in Ukraine
• Little Russia
• Ruthenia

参照

Further reading

• Ukraine on Wikipedia.
• Name of Ukraine on Wikipedia.