Zakarpatye

English

Zakarpatye Oblast

Alternative forms

• Zakarpatia, Zakarpattya, Zakarpattia, Zakarpats'ka

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• (province): Transcarpathia, Transcarpatia, Transcarpathian Oblast, Zakarpatye 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), Закарпа́цьце (Zakarpácʹcje)
• Czech: Podkarpatsko n
• German: Transkarpatien n
• Hungarian: Kárpátalja (hu)
• Marathi: झकरपाट्ट्या (jhakarpāṭṭyā)
• Polish: Zakarpacie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Transcarpátia f
• Romanian: Transcarpatia f
• Russian: Закарпа́тье (ru) n (Zakarpátʹje), Закарпа́тская о́бласть (ru) f (Zakarpátskaja óblastʹ)
• Slovak: Podkarpatsko n
• Ukrainian: Закарпа́ття n (Zakarpáttja), Закарпа́тська о́бласть (uk) f (Zakarpátsʹka óblastʹ)

See also

• Uzhgorod
• Uzhhorod