Editing Ukraine (section)

== Name ==
{{Main|Name of Ukraine}}
The [[name of Ukraine]] is frequently interpreted as coming from the [[old Slavic]] term for 'borderland' as is the word ''[[krajina]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/02/linguistic-divides |title=Linguistic divides: Johnson: Is there a single Ukraine? |newspaper=The Economist |date=5 February 2014 |access-date=12 May 2014 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> 
Another interpretation is that the name of Ukraine means "region" or "country".

{{Anchor|the Ukraine}}In the [[English-speaking world]] during most of the 20th century, Ukraine (whether independent or not) was referred to as "the Ukraine".<ref name="merriam-webster">{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ukraine |title=Ukraine – Definition |publisher=Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref> This is because in Russian, the word ''ukraina'' means 'borderland'<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/32098/why-did-ukraine-become-just-ukraine |title=Why Did "The Ukraine" Become Just "Ukraine"? |date=3 January 2013 |website=mentalfloss.com}}</ref> so the [[Article (grammar)|definite article]] would be natural in the English language; this is similar to ''{{lang|nl|Nederlanden}}'', which means 'low lands' and is rendered in English as "''the'' [[Netherlands]]".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18233844 |title=Ukraine or the Ukraine: Why do some country names have 'the'? |work=BBC News |date=7 June 2012}}</ref> However, since Ukraine's [[Declaration of Independence of Ukraine|declaration of independence]] in 1991, this usage has become politicised and is now rarer, and [[style guide]]s advise against its use.<ref name="UKrW812991TU">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1991/499102.shtml |title=The "the" is gone |publisher=[[The Ukrainian Weekly]] |volume=LIX, No. 49 |date=8 December 1991 |access-date=21 October 2015 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014083357/http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1991/499102.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Adam Taylor |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/why-ukraine-isnt-the-ukraine-and-why-that-matters-now-2013-12 |title=Why Ukraine Isn't 'The Ukraine,' And Why That Matters Now |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=9 December 2013 |access-date=21 October 2015}}</ref> U.S. ambassador [[William B. Taylor Jr.|William Taylor]] said that using "the Ukraine" implies disregard for Ukrainian sovereignty.<ref>{{cite news |title='Ukraine' or 'the Ukraine'? It's more controversial than you think. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/03/25/ukraine-or-the-ukraine-its-more-controversial-than-you-think/ |access-date=11 August 2016 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=25 March 2014}}</ref> The official Ukrainian position is that "the Ukraine" is both grammatically and politically incorrect.<ref name="BBC News Magazine">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18233844 |publisher=[[BBC]] |title=Ukraine or the Ukraine: Why do some country names have 'the'? |last1=Geoghegan |first1=Tom |work=[[BBC News]] Magazine |date=7 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="mcip.gov.ua">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=Національний перелік елементів нематеріальної культурної спадщини України |url=https://mcip.gov.ua/kulturna-spadshchyna/natsionalnyy-perelik-elementiv-nematerialnoi-kulturnoi-spadshchyny-ukrainy/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=mcip.gov.ua |language=uk}}</ref>