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> the Ukraine FYI: today "Ukraine" is preferred over "The Ukraine" because "The Ukraine" can be understood to imply a region rather than a country.
by rectang 5y ago
> the Ukraine
FYI: today "Ukraine" is preferred over "The Ukraine" because "The Ukraine" can be understood to imply a region rather than a country.
- RugnirViking 5y agoYes. Specifically empymologically it stems from U meaning "at" and "krai" meaning border region. It makes sense especially right now why Ukraine would want to distance themselves from being called "the border region" (of russia)
- hedora 5y agoThanks for the correction, though I guess my comment was meant to be interpreted as "someone in the border region where the conflict is" rather than "the Ukrainian government". I'm guessing "the Ukraine" will be a hard word to change in "The United States of America" though. "United States of America" could mean the old confederacy, or the Dakotas or something (assuming they're united in some cause) Along similar lines, couldn't "ukraine" mean any of the Russian borders?