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Many people, including news anchors on the BBC refer to Ukraine as the Ukraine. Would you say the France, the Russia, the Poland? I have no idea how people started calling Ukraine, “the Ukraine”, but its mildly irratating. I think it comes from thinking Ukraine is a region, like “the steppes” . Ukraine is the largest 100% European country in Europe and is geographically in the center of Europe. I guess there are some ignorant people who do not know this but, I am suprised how many native English speakers make this mistake and call Ukraine, the Ukraine.
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November 23, 2008at 9:50 am
“The Ukraine” is improper. It was a term used to describe a region of the Soviet Union, when it was a Union. I am not sure whether it was ever used internally to USSR, but I know the people of Ukarine do not use it. Other terms that are along the same lines are ‘the “stans” referring to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and “the Baltics”.