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# ukrainian

adjective (Ukrainian); noun (a Ukrainian, Ukrainians; Ukrainian — the language)

«ukrainian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adjective) Ukrainian means from or about Ukraine, a large country in eastern Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#m1)
2. (noun) A Ukrainian is a person from Ukraine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#m2)
3. Ukrainian is the language spoken in Ukraine, a Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in geography and lessons about languages and cultures: Ukrainian food (borscht, varenyky), Ukrainian flag (blue and yellow), Ukrainian Easter eggs (pysanky). Many schools have Ukrainian pupils who speak Ukrainian and English.

### Examples

- She speaks Ukrainian and English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x1)
- The Ukrainian flag is blue and yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x2)
- Our new classmate is Ukrainian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x3)
- Borscht is a famous Ukrainian soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x4)
- Ukrainian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x5)
- We painted eggs in the Ukrainian style. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x6)
- Kyiv is the Ukrainian capital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x7)

### Note

Always write with a capital U: Ukrainian. Say "Ukraine", not "the Ukraine". Ukrainian is a Slavic language.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ukrainian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ukrainian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ukrainian.html) on Mova free.