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Ukrainian
Etymology
From ме́нший (ménšyj) + -и́на (-ýna).
Pronunciation
Noun
менши́на • (menšýna) f inan (genitive менши́ни, nominative plural менши́ни, genitive plural менши́н)
- minority (group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live)
- Hypernym: ме́ншість f (ménšistʹ)
- Уго́рська менши́на живе́ в Закарпа́тській о́бласті. ― Uhórsʹka menšýna žyvé v Zakarpátsʹkij óblasti. ― A Hungarian minority lives in the Transcarpathian Oblast.
Usage notes
- ме́ншість is the generic term for any kind of minority, whereas менши́на refers more narrowly to a minority group with a distinctive ethnic, linguistic, religious or cultural identity.
Declension
Declension of менши́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
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