UKRAINE

n. country located in eastern Europe bordering the Black Sea and belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly part of the Soviet Union)

Ukraine (, Ukrayina, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The historic city of Kiev (Kyiv) is the country's capital.From at least the 9th century, the territory of present-day Ukraine was a centre of medieval East Slavic civilization forming the state of Kievan Rus, and for the following several centuries the territory was divided among a number of regional powers. After a brief period of independence (1917–1921) following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Ukraine became one of the founding Soviet Republics in 1922. The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's territory was enlarged westward after the Second World War, and again in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. In 1945, Ukrainian SSR became one of the co-founder members of the United Nations. It became independent again after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.
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Noun
1. a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
(synonym) Ukrayina
(hypernym) country, state, land
(member-holonym) Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS
(part-holonym) Europe
(member-meronym) Ukranian
(part-meronym) Crimea

n. Ukraine, country located in southern Europe to the north of the Black Sea and belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly part of the Soviet Union)

n. Ukraine, country located in southern Europe to the north of the Black Sea and belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly part of the Soviet Union)