Posted on November 23rd, 2008 in
Learn Ukrainian
Many people, including news anchors on the BBC refer to Ukraine as the Ukraine. Would you say the France, the Russia, the Poland? I have no idea how people started calling Ukraine, “the Ukraine”, but its mildly irratating. I think it comes from thinking Ukraine is a region, like “the steppes” . Ukraine is the largest 100% European country in Europe and is geographically in the center of Europe. I guess there are some ignorant people who do not know this but, I am suprised how many native English speakers make this mistake and call Ukraine, the Ukraine.
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“The Ukraine” is improper. It was a term used to describe a region of the Soviet Union, when it was a Union. I am not sure whether it was ever used internally to USSR, but I know the people of Ukarine do not use it. Other terms that are along the same lines are ‘the “stans” referring to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and “the Baltics”.
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