Гетьманщина

Ukrainian

Etymology

From ге́тьман (hétʹman) + -щина (-ščyna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦetʲˈmanʃt͡ʃenɐ]

Proper noun

Гетьма́нщина • (Hetʹmánščyna) f inan (genitive Гетьма́нщини, uncountable)

  1. (historiography, capitalized) Hetmanate (name retroactively given to the territories in central Ukraine governed by Cossack hetmans in the 17th and 18th centuries)
  2. Alternative form of гетьма́нщина f (hetʹmánščyna, hetmanate) (government by a hetman; any period of such government)

Declension

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