What is another word for Ruthenian?

Pronunciation: [ɹuːθˈiːni͡ən] (IPA)

Ruthenian, meaning a member of the East Slavic people who formerly inhabited parts of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, has several synonyms. Some of these synonyms include: 1. Rusyn - a minority ethnic group primarily residing in Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Serbia. 2. Ruthene - an archaic term for a person of Ruthenian origin or descent. 3. Carpatho-Rusyn - a term used to refer to people who live in the Carpathian Mountains and are of Ruthenian ancestry. 4. Lemko - a group of ethnic people of mixed East Slavic and Carpatho-Balkan origin living primarily in Poland and Ukraine. 5. Ruski - a term used in Ukrainian to refer to a person of Russian, Belarusian or Ukrainian ethnicity.

What are the hypernyms for Ruthenian?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    slav, slavic, east european, East Slav, East Slavic.

Related words: Ruthene, Ruthenian food, Ruthenian language

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