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Carpatho-Rusyn

Carpatho-Rusyn noun: a member of an east-Slavic ethnic group of the Carpathian mountains.

Noun

Carpatho-Rusyn (plural Carpatho-Rusyns or Carpatho-Rusyn)

  1. A member of an east-Slavic ethnic group of the Carpathian mountains.
    • Religion frequently divided East Slavs. By 1924, when the Ukrainians and the Carpatho-Rusyns were given separate Greek Catholic bishops, there were more than 235,000 members of the Ukrainian diocese (headquartered in Philadelphia) and[…]2006 November 8, Andrew R. L. Cayton, Richard Sisson, Chris Zacher, The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 237

Proper noun

Carpatho-Rusyn

  1. (uncountable) The Carpatho-Rusyn language.

Forms of Carpatho-Rusyn

pluralCarpatho-Rusyns
pluralCarpatho-Rusyn

Origin of Carpatho-Rusyn

From Carpatho- + Rusyn.

Questions about Carpatho-Rusyn

What does Carpatho-Rusyn mean?
Carpatho-Rusyn means a member of an east-Slavic ethnic group of the Carpathian mountains.
What part of speech is Carpatho-Rusyn?
Carpatho-Rusyn can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Carpatho-Rusyn?
The plural of Carpatho-Rusyn is Carpatho-Rusyns.

Words near Carpatho-Rusyn in the dictionary

  1. Carpathian walnut
  2. Carpathian walnuts
  3. Carpathians
  4. carpathite
  5. Carpatho-
  6. Carpatho-Rusyn
  7. Carpatho-Rusyns
  8. Carpatho-Ukraine
  9. Carpathos
  10. Carpatin
  11. Carpatins

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