Bukovina

British

/ ˌbuːkəˈviːnə /

noun

a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian

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Friday’s ceremony celebrated the 105th anniversary of Great Union Day of 1918 when modern-day Romania was formed after its unification with the neighboring regions of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2023

However, Ashkenazi Jewish foodways scholar Eve Jochnowitz noted that mamaliga technically originated in the region of Bukovina which, while a part of pre-World War II Romania, is now in Ukraine.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022

But Galichina and Bukovina, which became part of Soviet Ukraine under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, brought to the country a rebellious and free spirit.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2014

It now houses the History Museum of Bukovina Jews, which I visited the day before.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2010

I would have bet anything that he was from Romania or Bukovina and that he had found his origins in the eastern Carpathians.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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