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From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
Subject: Re: U-krayna?
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Jorma Kyppo <jorma@jytko.jyu.fi> wrote:
>
> I would like to ask if anybody knows about the origins
> of name Ukrayna.
> Could it have something to do with the word 'krajina' = district.

"Kraj" or "Krajina" have several meanings in Slavic languages:
(1) Region
(2) Countryside
(3) End, Edge, Border, Extremity
(4) Margin

"U" = by or at

Paul JK.
