Zakarpatye
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Russian Закарпатье (Zakarpatʹje, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпа́ты (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ье (-ʹje, “denoting a place”).
Proper noun
Zakarpatye
- Alternative form of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine.
- (historical) Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains in the west of Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, southeastern Poland, and northwestern Romania.
Synonyms
- (province): Transcarpathia, Transcarpatia, Transcarpathian Oblast, Zakarpatye Oblast, Zakarpatia Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Zakarpattya Oblast
- (region): Carpathian Rus, Carpathian Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, Subcarpathia, Subcarpathian Rus, Subcarpathian Ukraine, Transcarpathia, Transcarpathian Rus, Transcarpathian Ukraine