Re: Hi from Ukraine

Y.Penzhev wrote:
>
>Andreas Johansson scripsit Friday, November 23, 2001 8:14 PM
>
> > Speaking of Ukraine, a question popped up in my head the other day - are
>the
> > names "Ukraine" and "Krajina" related? They don't look to disimilar, and
>I'm
> > told that "Ukraina" means "borderland", while Krajina used to be part of
>the
> > Austrian Militärgrenze ("Military Border" or whatever you call it in
> > English). Anybody knows?
>
>Dear Andreas,
>to my mind you're right, although this idea is not pretty popular in
>Ukraine
>itself :-))
>Nobody wants to be just a "borderland".
Correct that _Ukraine_ and _Krajina_ are related, or just that _Ukraine_
means borderland?

As for nobody wanting to be just a borderland, tell the Danes - _Denmark_
literally means "borderland of the Danes" (presumeably originally refering
to the border region against Germany in South Jutland). Never heard of
anybody complaining about it.

                                          Andreas

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