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??????? (ukraina) 'boundary, outskirts, borderland', a compound of ?? (u) 'beside, at' + ???? (krai) 'land, edge' + -??? (-ina), a suffix creating a feminine noun. The Proto-Slavic word *kraj? generally meant "edge", related to the verb *krojiti 'to cut (out)', in the sense of 'division', either 'at the edge, division line' or 'a division, region'. In modern Slavic languages variations of kraj or krai mean a wide array of things, such as 'edge, country, land, end, region, bank, shore, side, rim, piece (of

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