Type Country
Pronounced Pron. yoo-KRAYN(English) UY-KREHN(French) oo-kra-EE-nə(German)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Ukrainian Україна (Ukrayina), which is probably from Old East Slavic ꙋкраина (ukraina) meaning "boundary, borderland", derived from (u) meaning "at, from" and краи (krai) meaning "edge, end, rim". This is the name of a country in eastern Europe.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesOekraïne(Afrikaans) Ukraina(Albanian) Ukraniya(Arabic) Ukraina(Armenian) Ukrayna(Azerbaijani) Ukrajina(Bosnian) Ucraïna(Catalan) Ukrajina(Croatian) Ukrajina(Czech) Oekraïne(Dutch) Ukraina(Estonian) Ukraina(Finnish) Ukraina(Georgian) Oukrania(Greek) Ukraina(Hebrew) Ukrajna(Hungarian) Ukraina(Indonesian) Ucraina(Italian) Ukraina(Kazakh) Ukraina(Kyrgyz) Ukraina(Latvian) Ukraina(Lithuanian) Ukraina(Macedonian) Ukraina(Norwegian) Ukrayn(Persian) Ukraina(Polish) Ucrânia(Portuguese) Ucraina(Romanian) Ukraina(Russian) Ukrajina(Serbian) Ukrajina(Slovak) Ukrajina(Slovene) Ucrania(Spanish) Ukraina(Swedish) Ukrayna(Turkish) Ukraina(Turkmen) Ukrayina(Ukrainian) Ukraina(Uzbek)
Entry added April 5, 2022