Zakarpatye

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From Russian Закарпатье (Zakarpatʹje, Transcarpathia), from за- (za-, beyond) + Карпа́ты (Karpáty, Carpathians) + -ье (-ʹje, denoting a place).

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Zakarpatye

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

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