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Ukraine
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A country in Eastern Europe on the northern coast of the Black Sea, with Kyiv as its capital.
"Ukraine shares borders with Poland, Romania, and Russia."
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Etymology
Borrowed via Polish or Russian from an Old East Slavic word usually translated as "borderland", though some scholars argue it originally meant "homeland" or "region".