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Ukrainian

American  
[yoo-kray-nee-uhn, -krahy-] / juˈkreɪ ni ən, -ˈkraɪ- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Ukraine, its people, or their language.


noun

  • Ukrainians
    plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Ukraine.

  2. a Slavic language spoken in Ukraine, closely related to Russian.

Ukrainian British  
/ juːˈkreɪnɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Ukraine, its people, or their language

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the official language of Ukraine: an East Slavonic language closely related to Russian

  2. a native or inhabitant of Ukraine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Ukrainian

First recorded in 1810–20; Ukraine + -ian


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That same month, Slovak authorities said they thwarted a planned arson attack on a Ukrainian drone factory there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The New York Times reported in August that Ukrainian officials said they had found one of the company’s Jetson Orin minicomputers in a drone launched by Russia’s military.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

In the fall of 2022, Ukrainian forces complained of widespread Starlink connection failures in southern and eastern Ukraine, which hindered their counteroffensives to take back Russian-occupied territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

That successful defense is now at risk if the restrictions on Starshield persist, Ukrainian officers and military analysts warn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Maybe it comes from the stew in some nameless Ukrainian kitchen; maybe partisans have poisoned the water; maybe Werner simply sits too long in too many damp places with the headset over his ears.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Starlink customers include rural homeowners, recreational boaters, airlines—and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Its U.S. reception may also depend on whether the Ukrainians are still at war, victorious or vanquished—and whether the world still cares about them or has moved on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Foma stressed that he only passed on intelligence to the Ukrainians, and his network did not carry out any assassinations themselves.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In Karpivka, a village occupied since April, the Ukrainians found one local resident remaining - 61 year old Volodymyr Zamota, the last man standing when his neighbours fled the Russian advance in 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The glasses man had told me that Janowska was also for political prisoners as well as Poles, Romanies, and even some Ukrainians.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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