Rusyn

Meanings

Noun

• A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.

Proper Noun

• Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.

Origin

• From Rusyn руси́н, from Old East Slavic Русь ("Rus"). Compare Ruthenia.