Ukrainian

Kyiv native's nationality

Ukrainian refers to what relates to Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe: the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian cuisine, the Ukrainian people.

A Ukrainian is a person from Ukraine or of Ukrainian descent.

The Ukrainian language is East Slavic, closely related to Russian and Belarusian but distinct.

She's learning Ukrainian.

My grandmother was Ukrainian.

cuisine

borscht

Beetroot-based Slavic soup

  • kvassFermented rye beverage
history

Cossacks

East Slavic warrior communities

Scythians

geography

Kyiv

Capital of Ukraine

Dnieper · Crimea · Kharkiv · Donbas · Chernobyl · steppe · Galicia

culture

hopak

Ukrainian acrobatic folk dance

  • banduraUkrainian plucked string instrument
nationality

citizenship

Status as state member

emigrant · naturalization · statehood · sovereignty · territory · independence · demographics · population · refugee · immigrant

ethnicity

Slavic

Of certain Eastern Europeans

roots · traditions · customs · identity · genealogy · descendants

language

Cyrillic

Slavic alphabet system

vocabulary · dialect · pronunciation · script · Shevchenko · literature · poetry

folklore

Baba Yaga

Slavic witch of legend

Categories
Opposites
national/ethnic identity in the post-Soviet space

UkrainianRussian

Eastern Slavic language

pro-Russian · Soviet · Belarusian · separatist · Polish

geopolitical alignment in the current conflict

UkrainianRussian

Eastern Slavic language

separatist · pro-Russian · occupier

Phrases
Family

Ukrainians

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G