اوقرانیا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina)

Proper noun

اوقرانیا • (Ukrania)

Ukraine (a historical region in Eastern Europe, surrounding the modern country of Ukraine)

Usage notes

This was used for the region or vilayet surrounding the modern country of the same name as it was used during the Ottoman era.

See also

اور طشره‌سی

References

Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Ukraine”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 875

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