Ukraineとは意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Ukrain, Ukrainia, Ukrania, Ucrania (all 廃れた用法)

語源

Borrowed from Polish Ukraina or Russian Украи́на (Ukraína), from the specific use, originally meaning “borderland”, “marches”, from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina). See Name of Ukraine for more.

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, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea; established as an independent country in 1991 upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Capital and largest city: Kiev / Kyiv.
   • For quotations using 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][2]

派生語

• Ukrainian

参考

• breadbasket of Europe
• Ruthenia
• Little Russia
• Ukrainian SSR
• (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, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world

参照

Further reading

• Ukraine on Wikipedia.