If you meet a new person, and they identify themselves as "The Tootie" you don't instantly start calling them Tom, that's just stupid. So what do they refer to

If you meet a new person, and they identify themselves as "The Tootie" you don't instantly start calling them Tom, that's just stupid. So what do they refer to themselves as? The constitution and declaration of independence say "Ukraine", no The. Seems like they have decided what name(s) they prefer, so use their preferred names[0]. I couldn't find an English source on an official .gov.ua website, though the presidents page[1] in English always says "president of Ukraine" and not president of The Ukraine. Easily enough, they seem to prefer no the, so Ukraine it is. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of... 1: http://www.president.gov.ua/ http://www.president.gov.ua/