Rusyn

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Etymology

From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, Rus). Compare Ruthenia.

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Rusyn (plural Rusyns)

  1. A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
  2. (archaic) An ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.

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Rusyn

  1. The Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.

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Adjective

Rusyn (comparative more Rusyn, superlative most Rusyn)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.

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