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UKRAINIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Ukrainian" is a kind of...):

Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Ukraine or its people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Ukraine (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century)

Derivation:

Ukraine (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century)

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