a. and sb. [f. Ukraine, an extensive district in the south of Russia, ad. Polish Ukraina or Russ. Украйна Ukraĭna, specific use of ukraĭna border, frontier, marches, f. u- at, beside + kraĭ edge, brink, etc.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Ukraine. B. sb. a. A native of the Ukraine; a Little-Russian or Ruthenian of that district. b. The Slavonic dialect spoken in the Ukraine; Malo-Russian, Ruthenian.

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1816.  Gentl. Mag., March, 212. The so much vaunted liberty of the Ukrainian Kozaks.

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1823.  [Robertson & Byerley], Percy Anecd., XIII. II. 79. Ukrainian Singers. Ibid. The sweetness and unlimited combination and range of the voice of the Ukrainians.

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1886.  Encycl. Brit., XXI. 80/2. In western Russia, printing in Ukrainian is prohibited, and ‘Russification’ is being carried on among Ukrainians by the same means as those employed in Poland.

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