Rusyn definition
Member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
noun
(archaic) Ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.
noun
Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.
adjective
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
rusyn
Plural:
rusynsOrigin of rusyn
- From Rusyn русин (rúsyn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rus’, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.
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