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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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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

The commanders of several Ukrainian drone teams that conduct midrange strikes said that nearly all of their missions involve Starshield, and that they are struggling to adjust to life without it, mostly by flying slower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine—As six Ukrainian drones buzzed toward a Russian army warehouse in occupied eastern Ukraine on Monday, the pilots found their connections disrupted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The introductory voiceovers—in a Ukrainian accent—come courtesy of Baba Yaga, cataloging the woes of witches and the foolishness of mortals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

It had been Cyrillic, the script that Russian and Ukrainian were written in.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"This was accepted by the Ukrainians in Oslo yesterday and by the Russians in St Petersburg today," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

From BBC ● 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

According to security sources and some of the men by the hotel pool, paramilitaries in the country include Ukrainians, Israelis, South Africans and Algerians.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Would she believe that Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, Armenians, and Hungarians had all coexisted peacefully in Lwów before the war?

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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