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ukrainica

ukrainica is the alternative letter-case form of Ukrainica.

Noun capitalized: Ukrainica

Ukrainica (uncountable)

  1. Literature on the subject of Ukraine or Ukrainian people, especially regarding Ukrainian culture, language, or literature.
    • Ukrainica in American Periodicals [section title]1944, The Ukrainian Quarterly, volume 1, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, page 89
    • Yaroslav Rudnyc’kyj, head of the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba, came to the United States in mid-year of 1956 to make a study of the Ukrainian holdings at the Library of Congress and to organize an exhibit of rare Ukrainica in that institution.1957, Books Abroad, volume 31, University of Oklahoma, page 439

Forms of ukrainica

alternative formUcrainica
alternative formukrainica

Origin of ukrainica

First appears c. 1944, from Ukrainian украї́ніка (ukrajínika), influenced by Latin ukrainica.

Questions about ukrainica

What does ukrainica mean?
Ukrainica means literature on the subject of Ukraine or Ukrainian people, especially regarding Ukrainian culture, language, or literature.
What is ukrainica the alternative letter-case form of?
Ukrainica is the alternative letter-case form of Ukrainica.
What part of speech is ukrainica?
Ukrainica is a noun.

Words near ukrainica in the dictionary

  1. Ukrainianized
  2. Ukrainianizes
  3. Ukrainianizing
  4. Ukrainianness
  5. Ukrainians
  6. ukrainica
  7. Ukrainienne
  8. Ukrainiennes
  9. Ukrainise
  10. Ukrainised
  11. Ukrainises

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