Rusyn
English
Etymology
From Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.
Noun
Rusyn (plural Rusyns)
- A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
- (archaic) An ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.
Translations
member of a people
an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
Translations
East Slavic language
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Adjective
Rusyn (comparative more Rusyn, superlative most Rusyn)
- Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.
Related terms
- Ruthenian
- Carpathian Ruthenia
- Carpatho-Rusyn
- Rus
- Russian
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