Zakarpattia

Zakarpattia

English

Alternative forms

• Zakarpatia, Zakarpattya, Zakarpatye

Etymology

From Ukrainian Закарпаття (Zakarpáttja, “Transcarpathia”), from за- (za-, “beyond”) + Карпати (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ття (-ttja, “denoting a place”).

Proper noun

Zakarpattia

1. Zakarpattia province (oblast) in western Ukraine.
2. (historical) Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, southeastern Poland, and northwestern Romania.

Synonyms

• (province): Transcarpathia, Transcarpatia, Transcarpathian Oblast, Zakarpatia Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Zakarpattya Oblast
• (region): Carpathian Rus, Carpathian Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, Subcarpathia, Subcarpathian Rus, Subcarpathian Ukraine, Transcarpathia, Transcarpathian Rus, Transcarpathian Ukraine,

Translations

oblast

Belarusian: Закарпа́цце n (Zakarpáccje) Czech: Podkarpatsko n German: Transkarpatien n Hungarian: Kárpátalja (hu) Polish: Zakarpacie (pl) n

Portuguese: Transcarpátia f Romanian: Transcarpatia f Russian: Закарпа́тье (ru) n (Zakarpátʹje) Slovak: Podkarpatsko n Ukrainian: Закарпа́ття n (Zakarpáttja)

See also

• Uzhhorod