there are also other variants of the name Ukraine

[Rumpel]

There is no definite article in either Ukrainian or in Russian.

Ok …. That solves the problem for those languages.

There is the The Ukraine however

How come?

 

[Rumpel]

if you want to know more on this topic, you can google for exonym and endonym

have you now googled?

 

[Rumpel]

There is no definite article in either Ukrainian or in Russian.

Not properly in English.

And not according to Ukrainians.

But, go ahead and use the incorrect/improper terminology. Macht nichts.

have you googled for endonym and exonym?

 

[Chagos]

This is an English language board and in English the country is called Ukraine.

The same thing applies to general international use as, for instance, in the UN.

Variations by language of different countries are what I apply when I speak (and write) in those languages, here I use English as I should.

I'll make exceptions for this board though in calling this whole discussion "qequirlte Scheisse".

 

[Rumpel]

maybe soon ukraine wants to be called Ukrainia only?

that would be what Turkey does