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From: aa318@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (John Coughlin)
Subject: Re: U-krayna?
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 17:54:32 GMT
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In a previous posting, "Paul J. Kriha" (kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz) writes:
> 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
> 
Indeed, I once read that Ukraine/Ukrayna means "borderland", referring to
its juxtaposition with Russia.
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