Zakarpats'ka
geographical name
Za·kar·pat·s'ka
| \ ˌzä-kər-ˈpät-skə
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variants:
or formerly Carpathian Ruthenia \ kär-ˈpā-thē-ən-rü-ˈthē-nyə
, -nē-ə \
or Ruthenia \ rü-ˈthē-nyə
, -nē-ə \
, -nē-ə \
or Ruthenia \ rü-ˈthē-nyə
, -nē-ə \
Definition of Zakarpats'ka
region of western Ukraine south of the Carpathian Mountains capital Uzhgorod area 4942 square miles (12,800 square kilometers), population 1,258,264
Note: Zakarpats'ka was part of Hungary before 1918 from1939 to 1945. From 1918 to 1938, it was a province of Czechoslovakia.