UKRAINIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ukrainian mean? 

• UKRAINIAN (noun)
  The noun UKRAINIAN has 1 sense:

1. the Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine

  Familiarity information: UKRAINIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• UKRAINIAN (adjective)
  The adjective UKRAINIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Ukraine or its people or culture

  Familiarity information: UKRAINIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UKRAINIAN (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)

• UKRAINIAN (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)