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Kniaz (Ukrainian: князь knyaz', etymologically related to the English word king from Old English cyning, meaning "tribe", related the German König, and the Scandinavian konung, probably borrowed early from the Proto-Germanic Kuningaz, a form also borrowed by Finnish and Estonian "Kuningas"; the title and functions however of a Kniaz ...
[1] [2] The use of "the Ukraine" has been officially deprecated by the Ukrainian government and many English-language media publications. [3] [4] [5] Ukraine is the official full name of the country, as stated in its declaration of independence and its constitution; there is no official alternative long name.
Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ukrainian-language words and phrases .
Ukrainian orthography is based on the phonemic principle, with one letter generally corresponding to one phoneme. The orthography also has cases in which semantic, historical, and morphological principles are applied. In the Ukrainian alphabet the "Ь" could also be the last letter in the alphabet (this was its official position from 1932 to 1990).
Ukrainian profanities (Ukrainian: лайливі слова, romanized: lailyvi slova) are words and expressions that are considered improper or even rude in everyday language. Like many other languages, the profanities in Ukrainian are also based on sexuality or the human body.
Kyiv is the romanized official Ukrainian name for the city, [10] [11] and it is used for legislative and official acts. [12] Kiev is the traditional English name for the city, [10] [13] [14] but because of its historical derivation from the Russian name, Kiev lost favor with many Western media outlets after the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian ...
This list belongs with the over 30 other articles in Category:Lists of English words of foreign origin. It is a referenced, verifiable, and fairly complete list of English loan words borrowed from Ukrainian, directly related to the other articles linked from this one.
Geographical distribution of Ukrainian speakers; Language policy in Ukraine; Law of Ukraine "On protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language" List of Ukrainian-language writers; Lviv Chronicle