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English
Etymology
1944, from Ukrainian украї́ніка (ukrajínika), influenced by Latin ukrainica.
Noun
Ukrainica (uncountable)
- (Slavistics) Literature about Ukraine or Ukrainians, especially about Ukrainian culture, language, or literature.
- 1944, The Ukrainian Quarterly, v 1, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, p 89:
- Ukrainica in American Periodicals
1957, Books Abroad, volume 31, University of Oklahoma, page 439:Yaroslav Rudnyc’kyj, head of the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba, came to the United States in mid-year of 1956 to make a study of the Ukrainian holdings at the Library of Congress and to organize an exhibit of rare Ukrainica in that institution.
1978, James Howard Fraser, editor, Society & Children's Literature, D.R. Godine, page 89:The central children's room of the New York Public Library has as well a sampling of that Ukrainica published in New York City.
2001, David H. Stam, editor, International Dictionary of Library Dictionaries, volume 2, Taylor & Francis, page 593:The following specialized divisions were created: periodicals, Ukrainica, manuscripts, old printed books, Oriental, cartography, and ephemera (advertisements, placards).
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