Ruthenia
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ruːˈθiː.ni.ə/
- The territory between Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.
- (historical) Lands inhabited by Ukrainians (Ruthenians) of the former Austrian Empire kingdom of Galicia (1772–1918), corresponding to parts of Western Ukraine.
- (historical) Western portions of East Slavic lands, including the principalities of Galicia-Volhynia and Kyiv, which united with Lithuania and Poland (14th c–1772), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus.
- (historical) Rus, an East Slavic medieval state (880–12th c), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus, as well as western Russia.
- Carpathian Ruthenia, Transcarpathia, Subcarpathian Rus
- Red Ruthenia (Červona Rus’)
- Galicia-Volhynia
- Kievan Rus, Kievan Russia
- French: Ruthénie
- German: Ruthenien
- Italian: Rutenia
- Portuguese: Rutênia
- Russian: Руте́ния
- Spanish: Rutenia
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