Carpatho-Ukraine

American

[kahr-pey-thoh-yoo-kreyn] / kɑrˈpeɪ θoʊ yuˈkreɪn /

noun

a region in W Ukraine: ceded by Czechoslovakia in 1945.

Carpatho-Ukraine British

/ kɑːˈpeɪθəʊjuːˈkreɪn /

noun

another name for Ruthenia

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Ukraine eventually absorbed "Rusyn," better known as Carpatho-Ukraine.

From Seattle Times

Swift Hungarian columns darted northward over snow-choked roads through the western mountain passes of Carpatho-Ukraine as soon as Hungary learned that the lid was off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Czech soldiers in Carpatho-Ukraine, having learned that Bohemia was a German province, bee-lined for the Rumanian border, where they surrendered their arms and were interned.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Ukrainian Nationalist Guards of Carpatho-Ukraine, armed at the last minute by Premier Augustin Volosin, long a Ukrainian nationalist leader, put up a stiff resistance.

From Time Magazine Archive

More significant was the Nazis' tolerance in letting Hungary grab Carpatho-Ukraine.

From Time Magazine Archive

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