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Ruthenia

[ roo-thee-nee-uh, -theen-yuh ]

noun

  1. a former province in E Czechoslovakia.


Ruthenia

/ ruːˈθiːnɪə /

noun

  1. a region of E Europe on the south side of the Carpathian Mountains: belonged to Hungary from the 14th century, to Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1939, and was ceded to the former Soviet Union in 1945; in 1991 it became part of the newly independent Ukraine Also calledCarpatho-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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